Triturus marmoratus

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I purchased a group of 8 young marmoratus in July of this year, they were quite skinny when i got them and I lost 2 leaving me with 6.
They were about 2 inches long when I got them and now I have got them from 4 to 4.5 inches long looking very healthy and feeding really well.
It looks like I have 1 male and 5 females so I'm very pleased with the ratio of sexes. I have noticed that the male is now showing the white stripe on his tail.
My question is should I keep them indoors and skip they're hibernation so they can grow on some more or should I hibernate them and give them a try at breeding them in the spring.
I'm thinking that they are too young but with the male showing the white stripe on his tail is making me think that he is becoming sexually mature.
Please let me know your thoughts guys
 
I would keep them indoors for the winter. They will probably be too young to breed next year but I've bred Marbled Newts several times after keeping them indoors with no hibernation or cold period.

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Damian
 
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