What Are They Doing?

[Viv]

Ok. So I have a pair of T. kweichowensis in an 18 gallon woodland tank with a small water bowl. Recently,(in the past 2 days) my male newt has been on top of the female. If I move the male, and then come back in like 5 minutes, I see the male on top of the female. This isn't in the hide or anything just out in the open. What are they doing? I doubt it but is this breeding behaviour or something else?

P.S- The female is looking kinda big, might just be wishfull thinking but whatever.
Thanks
Alex

 

[Molch]

it does sound as though they might be thinking about it.

This site describes courtship in kweichoensis and shanjing - although your newts look untypical for either shanjing or kweichos and may be a different subspecies/species - who knows?

Either way, if there's a chance they'll breed, it would be important to provide a water part, probably not too deep and something they can easily climb in-and-out of...