Triturus karelinii pics

[kaysie]

Attempting to attack the airstone, which is connected to the lid, which had been pulled off for cleaning/feeding.

Hoping to have his picture taken

Semi-aquatic, swimming from area to area, but never staying in too long.

next to a quarter of a 16oz Solo cup cave.

 

[rubén]

Amazing . Nice pics Kaysie... strange animal , beautiful colour , big head and mainly : Domestic behavior???

Do you have more pics? and you know the geographic origin of this animal?

 

[kaysie]

They're great. They all display the "Ohh! bringer of food has come! stare at her and maybe she'll feed us!" behavior. I have plenty of pics, these are just the latest ones. These animals were captive bred (of Jen Macke fame), so their geographic origin is new mexico. lol. They originally come from Turkey.

 

[jennifer]

It's nice to see them doing so well. They are really "beggars" when it comes to food. They get very tame.

I wouldn't say that they originally came from Turkey. My animals came from the "pet trade". They could have originated from a number of different countries:

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/amphib_query?where-genus=Triturus&where-species=karelinii

 

[kaysie]

just going by the common name 'turkish cresteds'... but somewhere in that area.

 

[jesper]

Hehe, Kaysie. Drawing conclusions from common names is a shaky business

 

[kaysie]

The Evils of The Common Name strikes again!