Pleurodeles waltl sexual maturity?

[velasco13000]

How big to they have to be to sex them and at what age can they breed? This petstore by my house has two of them for 40 bucks..price seem fair? I want to breed them eventually so inetrested in how long they will take and atleast how many inches until they can be sexed and how to sex them..thank you

 

[jasper408]

Pet stores almost never have the best deals! They have to mark up everything quite a bit. That's excluding the fact that it is usually not a good idea to buy a newt from a pet store.

If the male has nuptial pads on his arms, then he is in breeding condition at least. Males are also slimmer, and have "dracula front arms". They are longer and positioned higher up on their body.