Warty Newt sexing?

[firedreams]

I am still trying to identify the gender of my warty newt. I understand that warty newts are particularly hard to sex, but that there is generally some difference in cloaca size. As I do not have access to another warty newt to compare with mine, I've attached some cloaca pics and was wondering if anyone could offer an opinion?

 

[Ingo]

AW: Warty Newt sexing?

...male...

 

[Ralf]

AW: Warty Newt sexing?

Looks like a male Paramesotriton chinensis to me.

 

[cichlidjedi]

Male chinensis

 

[firedreams]

Thanks!

So, given that my newt looks like a male, I would like to get him a female newt as a tankmate.

The tank is a 5 gallon affair, deep water with river rocks and live plants and logs that afford some hiding places.

Is adding another newt likely to cause friction? Is he likely to appreciate the company, or will it potentially upset him?

 

[cichlidjedi]

My males don't play nice in my group. I have one dominate male that wanders the tank and the other two hide from him. He will harass the females some, but not any hard bitting like he does too the males. If you can try and track down a loose female from one of the caudata members. Now many other Chiensis keepers might have nicer males than mine, but I would suggest sticking with a female, maybe two. Good luck with your Chiensis.

Chuck

 

[cichlidjedi]

Firedreams

You should think about getting a larger aquarium for more than one animal. 5 Gallons is too small for more than one Chiensis. If you get another animal try to get a tank with a length of at least 20 inches to give the animals room to escape each others company. Make sure their is plenty of hides for them in the water and also make sure their is some form of land, as my females have a tendency to sometimes hang out of the water during the day. If you plan on using the 5 gallon I would not add another animal.

 

[Azhael]

5gallons is most definitely too small for this species. Maintaining water quality becomes very difficult in such little volume.

 

[firedreams]

Thanks everyone for the helpful responses!

I will definitely get a bigger tank before adding a second newt. Would 10-15 gallons be ok for two?

Does my newt need another newt to be happy? Will he be lonely by himself? It sounds from many of the posts on the forum that newts are not fond of each others' company.

I have another issue as well: in the past few days, my newt has developed a prominent, light coloured stripe down both sides of his tail. I will post a separate thread regarding this, with a picture.

Thanks for all the experience and help!

 

[Yahilles]

Does my newt need another newt to be happy? Will he be lonely by himself? It sounds from many of the posts on the forum that newts are not fond of each others' company.

For newt it makes no difference, but tank look better with more newts in (i don't say too many newts), with one newt you won't breed them
I think minimum for pair of warty newts is ca. 15-gallon (50 l) tank (60cm long).

 

[lexmiller]

Re: AW: Warty Newt sexing?

Looks like a male Paramesotriton chinensis to me.

Does anyone have a picture of a definate male and a definate female P. chinesis? I would like to get mine a mate...not knowing the sex makes that a bit tricky.

 

[Greewok]

Probably easier to just post a pic of yours.

 

[Otterwoman]

Re: AW: Warty Newt sexing?

Does anyone have a picture of a definate male and a definate female P. chinesis?

It pays to do a search...or read around a bit in the Paddletail section.

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-...n/65646-sexual-dimorphism-paramesotriton.html

 

[lexmiller]

I did search. I must have put the wrong words in the search engine.

Thank you. I have decided that I must have a female? Hahaha...she is still fairly small so maybe I am wrong.