Notophthalmus viridescens Eft

[liam]

Hi there,

Just thought I'd post a couple of my recent photos of a Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens eft. I enjoy seeing everyone else's photographs on here, so every now and then I try to stick a couple up myself!

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All the best,

Liam.

 

[cameron]

Nice pictures. It is almost adult form.

 

[jennifer]

It's a lovely newt. Was it captive bred?

 

[liam]

Hi Jennifer,

This is the same eft that I posted some photos of for the calendar competition, and in the past i've shown the odd photo of it since it was a larva. I bred my Noto's in January 2005. This chap morphed out in the middle of May (2005), so he's now around 2 years old. He's very "tame" - when he sees me he looks up, "begging" for his food

His spots still haven't really turned red, but are more of an orange colour.

Liam.

 

[michelle]

Hi Liam,
Nice pictures. He is one sweet little newt!

 

[ryan]

Very neat, I still have yet to find a wild one here. Maybe this year!

 

[mark]

A fine specimen, Liam! How big is he/she?

 

[jennifer]

Ah, I do remember now the photos you posted of the egg/larva. How could I forget... we have it posted on CC.

Very cool to see it again this far down the road! The reason I guessed it was CB was because of the yellow color of the spots. It seems to be typical of some species that they sometimes do not develop the orange color in captivity like they do in the wild. I've seen this with CB Cynops orientalis with yellow bellies, for example. It seems to depend on diet, but particularly during a certain period in the animal's development.