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My male also goes into periods of continuous courting. As far as I can tell, it seems to be triggered by temperature (a slight decrease initiates his mating desire) and light (a shorter photo period is also a trigger). My male usually goes into a mating frenzy for at least 6 weeks out of the year, usually around Nov-Dec when our house temperature falls by about 1-2 degrees Celsius for the winter. During this time he doesn't eat, and follows his 2 female tankmates around the tank fanning his tail.

He has only had female tankmates for 1 year (before then, he would just "Frenzy" and swim around looking for females). This year the females do not seem to have been receptive to his mating advances. Hopefully next year will be different!

Let me know if you have any success breeding your newts! Chinensis is a wonderful species!

They have not reproduced yet, but my adult male is currently courting the two females in his tank quite relentlessly!

Ciao Andrea, sono Bernardo di Natura Mediterraneo!

pleurodeles waltl, paramesotriton chinensis, bombina orientalis, triturus cristatus, triturus karelinii, taricha torosa, cynops ensicauda popei.