Wild nominate C. ensicauda -- post-capture stool contents

[TJ]

This photo was taken only a couple of hours after the netting of these newts from a rice paddy on Uke Island:

One can clearly see shrimp and what appear to be frog (?) eggs. Also a "normal" stool to the right of the tail of the newt in the center of the sort that results from a diet of worms.

Anyway, it's some indication of what these newts eat in the wild

(Message edited by TJ on June 08, 2005)

 

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[jennifer]

I never expected to see such <font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font>-ty pictures from you, Tim

Actually, quite fascinating. Do you suppose those could be their own eggs, or were frogs eggs that size very abundant there?

 

[jesper]

Those shrimps seem to be badly digested

Interesting pics.

 

[TJ]

These shrimp were very abundant in the rice paddy (the only paddy left on the whole island), though I didn't take a shot of any live ones.

Jen, yep, I suppose those could be ensicauda eggs. I don't know enough about frog eggs to even speculate. I didn't see any frog eggs, though it wouldn't surprise me if they were there (there were certainly lots of frogs about!).