No words ...

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henk

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just happy ot make the shots. Photo-technically I don't find them to be too good , but from a species side ... that'something else

Before you ask : no I do not have the animals, just made some shots (crusing while I took them though ... if that all makes you feel better)

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Yes, ... this is paramesotriton ensicauda.. sorry laoensis.
 
Above everything if you are standing in front of those guys .. your hands get itchy... crazy no ?? Anyway they are close to 10 inch large and charcoal black. I still have other shots but these are not so good... well that's for later though.

(Message edited by henk_wallays on July 31, 2005)
 
Hi Henk,

great newts!
I will got to see them in two weeks!

Hope, that I also can take some pics.

Paul
 
<blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1>Henk Wallays wrote on Sunday, 31 July, 2005 - 12:50 :</font>

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That is 25,4 cm !!!
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Wow... then they are the largest Paramesotriton!
 
OK Paul that may be just a bit too long : one of them actually measured 22 cm (I thought 22,5 cm). But I've seen georgeous / larger deloustali at the same place ...
 
Ok, finally some shots of this exceptional sp. Thanks for sharing them in this forum.
 
Well seemingly I have to correct something else, the parasites are no leeches but mites. Aparently a totally new species. Both the laoensis and the Ha Giang deloustali were loaded with them. the Tam dao not at all
 
Those are superb looking animals! Is anyone breeding them in captivity?

I'd like to shake that mans hand in the photo. Anyone who goes herping in a pair of flip-flops is ok by me...
 
No breedings so far, since the animals just arrived . Altohugh being there I was able to see a male tale waiving to a female. The tail of the males is somewhere like the Neurergus strauchii tail color : white /blue rather then totally white as we know it in most other paramesotriton.
 
Soemthing else was that when I observed the animals, some of the females had a quite long tubercular shaped cloaca... a bit like Neurergus kaiseri , but not as long, so maybe the laoensis could lay eggs in stones rather then plants (but that's a large part of speculation now)
 
My previous post seems to have disappeared...
*Gasp* they are beautiful animals...they do indeed start your fingers itching...
Chris
 
Chris see the announcement section. There were some server issues and some of the posts were lost.

Ed
 
Really beautiful species!
Deep black with this typical white ornaments, more slender than deloustali, up to 23 cm.
Unable to bring that on a photo:
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Paul
 
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