Nominate C. ensicauda juvies with unusual coloration

[TJ]

Here's one that I haven't posted pic of before:

(Message edited by TJ on October 13, 2006)

 

[TJ]

Another one with unusual coloration for a juvie of this particular subspecies:

(Message edited by TJ on October 13, 2006)

 

[TJ]

Two more (on left):

The one on the right, I suspect, is of the other subspecies (Cynops ensicauda popei) and somehow ended up in the same container...though I can't be sure.

(Message edited by TJ on October 14, 2006)

 

[TJ]

Nominate, as above:

 

[danny]

Lots of little flakes throughout their skin! I like the little popei in the container! Great pics Tim.

 

[charles]

Hey Tim, you should enter some of these in the calender competition thing going on in the news part.

 

[jennifer]

Quite amazing coloration there, Tim. What did the parents look like, were they unusually colored nominates? About what fraction of the offspring turn out unusually colored?

 

[TJ]

Jen, yes, they're the offspring of parents that are unusually colored and that all come from the same pond. I'd say offhand that 20-30% of the offspring are unusually colored, to varying degrees, at this stage of development. Nice, eh?