Pygmy Marbled Newt

[Viv]

Hi. Does anyone know anything about these newts. Setups, food, if anyone is selling them right now. If you own them, can you please post pictures of the setup. Thanks.

 

[Joost]

Have you seen this?

Caudata Culture Species Entry - Triturus marmoratus

 

[Jennewt]

I don't recall ever seeing any for sale in the USA.

 

[Viv]

Thats too bad that no one is selling them. Hopefully someone will be selling CB ones soon in the USA.

 

[merk199]

If you have a lead on some pygmy send me a PM. I know myself and a few other members have been looking for a while.

Check out the T Marm care sheet it will answer almost all your questions.

 

[Viv]

Yeah I have already checked CaudataCulture out. I will send you a PM if I find someone who is selling them. Can you do that for me if you find someone?

 

[GeoNewt]

I currently have a pair of sub-adults, and have found them to be pretty straight-forward. I keep mine in a relatively simple 12x12x12" cube, with a soil/bark chip substrate and a large water area for half the year, and then change to an aquatic set-up in the spring. They eat very well on the usual foods (bloodworm, crickets etc).

 

[sergé]

In the first Caudata.org Magazine you can find a nice article on how to keep and breed them...it is still to be found here: http://www.caudata.org/index.php?page=magazine

 

[Viv]

GeoNewt, how do you manage to keep the water from seeping into the dirt? Are you trying to breed these right now or anytime soon?

 

[legardored]

Geonewt:

what type of soil do u use? i've moved recently to UK and do not want to buy stuff that might possibly contain chemicals. would really appreciate some info thx

 

[GeoNewt]

The tank is an ENT dartfrog terrarium, which has a raised glass section for land, then a shallow water area at the front with a drainage hole. I simply filled the water area, and then siliconed cork panel onto the edge of the glass land area to stop soil and moss from sliding into the water. I use a mixture of orchid bark and Exo-Terra plantation soil, which seems to work well and is widely available. I hope to breed them at some point in the not so distant future, but I only have the two individuals at the moment. I bought them last spring from a breeder in Kent who often has a stall at the UK reptile fairs (Maidstone, Brentwood etc), but I don't know if he still has any available.
Hope this is of help, George.