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10/11/2010 15:58
Salamanders
The last additions are three marbled salamanders, Ambystoma opacum. They appear to be two females and one male. Their current size is about 10cm which means theay are fully grown. They were bred last year in Germany. These fossorial animals are very shy and spend most of their time hiding. We...
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28/10/2010 15:47
More marbled newts
Four marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus) arrived today form a breeder located in Madeira. They are this year's babies and will stay fully terrestrial for the next couple of months, after which we will start introducing them to water. They will eventually live together with Fernando, our original...
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02/10/2010 09:08
First metamorph
Our first Cynops pyrrhogaster larva climbed on land on the 7th of September, less than two months after hatching. The newtlet, named Matsuko, is eating well. Another one followed on the 30th of September. There is a stump of gill still visible on his neck.
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23/07/2010 18:08
Newt larvae hatching
Our first larva hatched on the 17th of July and another one today.
Plenty more eggs are developing. The larvae will be fed baby brine shrimp (artemia) with some other food items added later.
See more newt photos here.
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03/07/2010 18:11
Newts finally laying eggs
After months of waiting, we finally discovered the first egg today from one of our Japanese fire-bellied females. It look s fertile and the newt should lay plenty more so we will try to raise little newts.
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12/03/2010 22:31
Baby tortoises
New horsefield tortoises (hatched July 2009) were named Risoni and Linguine.
They will live with Tortellini once they have grown a little.
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05/12/2009 15:03
Alfonso, the marbled newt dies
Sadly, one of our marbled newts died today. We don't know what was wrong with him - he just stopped eating and became very weak. Hopefully we will be able to get a new friend for Fernando soon. We miss you, Alfonso.
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20/11/2009 12:17
New Newts!
Today we got new newts - 2 Marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus). Their names are Alfonso and Fernando. They morphed in June and are currently about 5 cm long.
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21/10/2009 10:53
Newts finally released into the aquarium
On 21 October, Aki, Yoshi, Hiro and Naoko moved to their adult habitat after living in a small vivarium for a couple of months.
The tank is 90x30x37cm (36x12x15") large and curently has about 10 cm (4") of water. The water level will be increased gradually. They seem to be enjoying their new place...