Triturus dobrogicus

[david]

Dobros

 

[kaysie]

and when do the babies come on the market?? lol

 

[duncan]

Probably a question that's been answered before but how do you tell the difference between these Triturus dobrogicus and T. cristatus? These look an awful lot like my cristatus.
Duncan

 

[rubén]

The differences between are morphological and about the size . In general , is a streamlined species , more thin than Triturus cristatus . The distance between front legs and back legs is quite more than cristatus , the digits are longer and the head smaller and rounded . Then the ventral pattern usually have black dots limited to the periphery of the belly , giving a banded appearance . There are also a lot of small with dots in the dorsal coloration , usually cream or grey and never black . Anyway , dobrogicus is , in general , a smaller and more delicate newt than cristatus and , of course , karelinii or carnifex , but the real differences are genetical .

 

[caleb]

To add to what Ruben said, the throats of dobrogicus are usually much darker than the other species, and the body is often reddish-brown.

The slimness is the most obvious character- they appear much more slender and long-bodied than other cresteds.

The paper that Ruben mentioned last week (at
http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/ctz/vol68/nr03/a04 ) includes photos of belly colouration of all 4 crested species.