Taricha granulosa

[henk]

And here are some shots of other nice babies that I 've already got for quite a while :
Taricha granulosa.

 

[jesper]

Is that a tank or have you taken the shots outside? Newts always look better in these kind of setups, it almost as if they belong there

. Very nice.

 

[henk]

No Jesper this was a photo setup that I made with assembled moss and ferns (growing on rotten wood) I have from the neighburing woods. I wish I could keep my setups as nice but have not yet found a moss that resist long enough ...

 

[pin-pin]

Very beautiful animals, Henk. I did not know you were keeping Taricha.

 

[henk]

Well Pin-pin I've kept quite alot of species and these do have a quite amaible look, almost look like they are toy-like. Hey even my wife liked them and in fact she was upset when I gave away my first group (so this is my 2nd group). Aside my Hynobidae & Ambystomatidae (my 2 preferate genera) I keep some other species too ... for instance I still hang on to a group of 26 axolotls & about 14 cynops pyrrhogaster a solitary cynops ensicauda, .... but I keep quite less animals now then before. In the past I had about 160 tanks to take care of. I couldn't do this anymore, now I'm down to about 40

 

[joeri]

160

That must have been a lot of work indeed, we're you living on selling offsprings?

 

[henk]

No, and I didn't even eat any ... )

 

[joeri]

Next time I'm off to the shore, I make a stop in Bellem