XL Cynops ensicauda popei morph

[TJ]

This is perhaps the largest C.e.p at metamorphosis that I've yet seen seen. It morphed just today, and is 2 cm larger than average for this group.

(this is not the same popei I have that hasn't morphed and now measures over 9cm)

 

[TJ]

Vent shot of same:

(Message edited by john on July 08, 2004)

 

[john]

*Innocent Whistle regarding editing* That's a lovely animal (looks familiar). What's the situation with that other unusual popei?

 

[TJ]

Here's the unusual one you mentioned, as of today:

(the one on the left)

It might have hit 10cm by now...

(Message edited by TJ on July 08, 2004)

 

[TJ]

These two that morphed today are also pretty hefty at 6 cm and more:

 

[TJ]

Here's the biggest of those two compared with a Taricha that morphed yesterday:

 

[TJ]

If you compare these two with the one pictured at the top of this thread, you can see quite a difference in ventral patterns, though the adults they were bred from all come from the same area.

(Message edited by TJ on September 15, 2004)