Taricha morphs

[TJ]

Well, almost

One of my three is about to morph.

This thread happens to be a continuation of "Taricha larvae" located at:

http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/13/17077.html?1094867847

This one is just over 4cm:

(one solid square = 1 centimeter)

I have moved it to a container with moss to climb up out of the water onto --and more importantly, a lid! ** winks at Pin-pin **

(Message edited by TJ on September 14, 2004)

 

[pin-pin]

Get your champagne and whiteworms ready.

 

[peter]

Just make sure you don't mess up who gets what.

 

[joseph]

LOL: The color changes have been very interesting to observe.

 

[TJ]

Turns out I moved it to a container with a lid just in the nick of time, as it morphed this morning!

 

[TJ]

It's become darker and the skin texture grainier:

 

[TJ]

 

[TJ]

The three (including two larvae) I have hatched at the same time but have developed at a different pace. Here are the other two as of today:

 

[pin-pin]

Tim, that's quite a bit of difference. It took longer for my little torosa to turn that shade of brown and that granular in texture (in fact, your granulosa metamorph is darker than my 1.5 year old torosa juvenile).

Here it was about a week after metamorphosis (for comparison):

 

[TJ]

Wow, what a difference!

Maybe mine is not torosa but granulosa...

 

[stephanie]

Ooooh, so COOL!
It is amazing how different they are. Thanks for the pics.
Steph

 

[uwe]

In torosa you see sometime a lighter upper eye-lid like in Pin-pins picture.

Uwe

 

[TJ]

*burp*

 

[TJ]

The second one morphed today

An overexposed pic, but here it is anyway:

(the new morph is the lighter-colored one on the left)

 

[hayden]

Woohoo...Congratz Tim...Great Pics as always...

 

[jeff]

wow, the picture right above with the mouth open is soo cute! I want little newtlings too!

I am confused as to what you think you have, you said that you think that they are torosa, and that they could be granulosa. I would bet at least 2 of my cats that they are granulosas for sure.

I was wondering where you got your original newts from. I live in washington and you can't buy them here, i would think it would be harder in Japan.

Jeff

(Message edited by newtsrfun on January 25, 2005)

 

[TJ]

Hi Jeff. Well yes, I suppose they are granulosa going by what people in the know have told me. They're available at some specialist pet shops here in Japan. Not many are sold as they're a bit pricey and there's no big demand for them (good!). I have four adults, and there's probably a pair among them as two were engaged in amplexus just the other day. Good luck in finding some

 

[jeff]

I did find some I think, through Dawn. I was wondering if you had current pictures?

 

[pin-pin]

Tim,

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[TJ]

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(letting my silence speak for itself

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The adults though are fine, with amplexus being observed and duly noted!