Our oldest Tylototriton

[virginie]

(Message edited by virginiechris on May 22, 2006)

 

[leonardo]

nice!
how old is she? (I do think it's a female...am I wrong?)

is that a Cynops orientalis in the right corner of the last pic?

(Message edited by leonardo on May 22, 2006)

 

[virginie]

thanks

He's 5 and we think it's a male
For the moment he's sharing the tank with 3 Cynops orientalis (woww good sight), he's essentialy on the land but sometimes has a bath

 

[alexander]

It seems to me that you are mistaken... your newt is female.
By the way, is the length of the amphibian more 6.5 inches? And have you watched that your Tylototriton verrucosus was trying to devour your Cynops orientalis?

Il me semble que vous vous êtes trompés... votre triton est femelle.
À propos, est-ce que la longueur du batracien dépasse 16.5 cm? Et avez-vous vu des tentatives de votre Tylototriton verrucosus visant à dévorer vos Cynops orientalis?

 

[virginie]

How can you see it's a female without have seen its cloaca ? We may had a mistake

Its lengh is 19 cm (7.5 inches)and it has never been aggressive with Cynops (it 's rarely in the water)
Merci d'avoir répondu en français

 

[virginie]

Pics of its cloaca

 

[kei]

Good pics, thanks Virginie.

Leonardo,need to talk Email me.

 

[alexander]

I have judged about the sex of the newt by two characteristic features for female of the species: long enough tail and big size of body.
I ask other tylototriton-keepers of our forum to resolve my doubts: the photos of cloaca are dubious.
I keep Tylototriton more 2 years and this species is difficult (for me) in the determination of the sex of animal by cloaca shape... Therefore I am guided by secondary sexual features (long enough tail and big size of body).
It's enough important information for me: I am going to bred this species (in Russia they are much in demand).

 

[shonagh]

Wow, what a lovely looking creature!

 

[jennifer]

Nice photos, V&C! I hope you can separate the two species soon. I don't think they should share a tank.

I am not an expert on Tylototriton, but I think that to sex them, you need to pull the cloaca open very slightly. This does not hurt the animal (though they do not like to be held on their back). See photos:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/sexing.shtml
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Tylototriton/T_shanjing.shtml

 

[mark]

Judging from the overall shape of the animal it could well be a female. But I've also seen males with this body shape. The only way to be sure of it's sex is indeed opening the cloaca.

And I too agree that mixing verrucosus with C. orientalis is a very bad idea. If hungry an adult verrucosus can devour a small orientalis.

(Message edited by mark_bakkers on May 24, 2006)

 

[virginie]

Thanks for your answers.
Next time we 'll catch it, we'll try to open its cloaca.
Our Tylototriton will change of tank soon, we have just got 4 youthfull verrucosus and we're just waiting for them to grow up enough before making Tylototriton's own tank ( our 3 C. orientalis are too big to be devoured, they have been mixed for 10 monthes and Tylototriton is enough fed but we 're going to separate them soon, it's a promise

)

 

[christopher]

wow...I like the eyes in the first pic....

 

[ralf]

Kei,
I deleted your post because it doesn't belong here. We neither tolerate the hijacking of threads nor do we endorse the exchange of animals on this forum, with the exception of captive bred individuals and groups for which the "advertisements"-section is reserved. If you wish to complain about certain registered users of the forum you should email John Clare or one of the moderators.