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Well, this is my first post here, although i've been following this forums since a year or two ago...
Just some photos that I took of Portugal's caudate fauna... (poor quality, sorry...)

Juvenile Triturus pygmaeus...
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Adult Salamandra s. gallaica...
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Pleurodeles waltl larvae...
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For the one whose are interested, this is my blog:
http://www.chioglossalusitanica.blogspot.com

Best regards...
 
Thanks for the photos. It is great to see S. s. gallaica in a natural setting. Do you have any habitat shots?
 
I found it exactly under that rock... it was during its summer rest...That's why his skin was so dry.
And no... I've got no habitat shots. Maybe next week I'll go near the spot where I find him, and take a few photos.
Thanks for the compliments...
 
What would you estimate the temperatures reach during that time of the summer?
 
Thanks for sharing your photos! Is it possible that the first one could be boscai instead of pygmaeus? It has no hint of green. I am no expert on identification, I am just curious.
 
Dimler - In that time of the year, the temperature was a bit high, more or less 37ºC, though it was much colder in the forest where I found it. S. gallaica have a very good and abnormal adaptation to the heat, fortunately.
Macke - It was a bit of an issue to identifying that newt. But the colour of skin and eyes, shape of the tail, body and eyes, time of the year and even the constituition of the animal let me conclude that it was a pygmaeus. I use to see some adults in that lake, during the breeding time. The male's crest is beautiful.

Best regards...
 
Thanks Nic...

Tomorrow I'll visit the same place. I'm almost sure I'll see some pygmaeus and boscai, and with some luck, P. waltl or Salamandra s. gallaica.
I'll take photos of them (if I see them) and of the habitat, like Travis D. suggested...

---João
 
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    Dear All, I would appreciate some help identifying P. waltl disease and treatment. We received newts from Europe early November and a few maybe 3/70 had what it looked like lesions under the legs- at that time we thought maybe it was the stress of travel- now we think they probably had "red leg syndrome" (see picture). However a few weeks later other newts started to develop skin lesions (picture enclosed). The sender recommended to use sulfamerazine and we have treated them 2x and we are not sure they are all recovering. Does anyone have any experience with P. waltl diseases and could give some input on this? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
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    sorry I am having a hard time trying to upload the pictures- I have them saved on my hard drive... any suggestions-the prompts here are not allowing for downloads that way as far as I can tell. Thanks
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