T.veruccosus (greyish-silverish variety)

[TJ]

Origin of this pair is unknown for sure but they are thought to have come from someplace other than Myanmar, possibly Vietnam, via Singapore.

 

[chris]

Nice animals - your's?
Chris

 

[TJ]

Thanks Chris. Yes, they're mine.

 

[johnson]

Hi Tim,
I have 1 exactly like yours but he changes his color after going around mating with my females in a fully aquatic setup.

Any idea why he loses his light color??

Before

Current. He looks darker. (The front one)

 

[henk]

I also have a coupolke like this and a couple that are very dark (no oranbge knobbles). I have seen light colors like this in alpestris too , for instance when they go into water with a muddy clay bottom substrate. In this way they mix in better with the bottom substrate.

The new Vietnamese tylototritons also have that : on land they are black in the water they get lighter. Maybe try to set them on a lighter bottomground might return those colors ??

 

[johnson]

Hi,
my tank bottom is clear n so should be lighter in color. Before he start going around mating his color is so... nice but now he is really dark

(Message edited by bubblenest on November 03, 2004)

 

[mike]

Imagine if it really became silver in color. That would be awesome. A robot newt! heh