Pyrrhogaster pics

[Joost]

Cynops pyrrhogaster sasayamae male

 

[Joost]

Cynops pyrrhogaster sasayamae female

 

[Joost]

Cynops pyrrhogaster male from Kanagawa prefecture

 

[Joost]

Cynops pyrrhogaster female from Kanagawa prefecture

 

[Joost]

Pyrrhogaster female from Kagawa prefecture

 

[Joost]

Pyrrhogaster from Mie prefecture

 

[Joost]

Pyrrhogaster female unknown collecting locality

 

[eljorgo]

Joost I got to tell you those pyrrhogaster from Kagawa are stormers! Amazing creatures!
Greetz,

 

[Otterwoman]

I'm loving those ones in the third group.

 

[caudatadude28]

I LOVE the Kanagawa race. Bring it to the USA please!

 

[Fer]

joost! exelent pyrrhogasters! kanagawa is the locality, not the race, right?

 

[Joost]

joost! exelent pyrrhogasters! kanagawa is the locality, not the race, right?

Kanagawa is a prefecture in the Kanto area. So it belongs to the Kanto race. I almost never speak about races anymore, cause even between races there can be difference. For example: Pyrrhogaster from the Gunma prefecture (also a Kanto race) is very different in colour, they are more grey.

 

[evut]

Beautiful newts, Joost.
Could you tell us how they are collected? Do you travel to Japan yourself?
Thanks!

 

[Joost]

There are a handfull of hobbyists who have pyrrhogaster with locality data. You just have to know where to find them. Also I indeed have a Japanese contact. Have never been there myself, would like to, but I"m scared to fly.

 

[Joost]

Update pics of C. pyrrhogaster from Mie prefecture.

 

[evut]

Very attractive newts!
How many different kinds of C. pyrrhogaster do you have at the moment?

 

[Lusiwarrior]

Well and what can be said!?
Thank you for these beautiful pictures! Keep up the good work!

cheers

 

[MartinS]

Joost knows what to do with Cynops Nice animals!

 

[Joost]

Very attractive newts!
How many different kinds of C. pyrrhogaster do you have at the moment?

I have 5 different pyrrho's.

from Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto) 7.3
from Mie prefecture (Intermediate) 2.7.3
from Kagawa prefecture (Hiroshima) 0.1 (unfortunately)
sasayamae (unknown collecting locality) 2.7
unknown collecting locality 0.2 (soon I can get a male)

 

[eljorgo]

Yup Joost is truly a Cynops-dependent from what we can see. I must tell I like them but not close to my favourites, but always nice newts to breed. I love their larvae and their huge feathered gills. I only had 3 species and only breed 2 of those. The others were two sub-adult males so no breeding accomplished at all.

Sorry to hear about Kagawa perfecture pyrro's Joost.

Cheers,
Jorge