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Breeding/sexing cynops

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waldo

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<font color="0000ff">I have 4 C.firebellies and was wondering how to tell the sexes apart?Are they hard to breed?they are in a 15 gal all water tank with lots of plants and cover,do I need to do anything special for them to breed or will nature take its course also what do I look for, ei:eggs.Thanks for any advice.</font>
 
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kai

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Hi Waldo,

Sexually active males are easily recognised by their greatly swollen cloacal region. Once you see females responding with interest to courting males you can start to look out for eggs.

A colder period in winter certainly helps to get things going. You're in NZ, right? It may take a while for WC newts to get used to the southern latitudes...

Best wishes,
kai
 
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richardh

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When the male orientalis is about to breed it has a slight filament at the end of the tale and is very slightly a more bluish sheen altough neither of these attributes is as differentiated I believe as in Cynops.p which I have observed in breeding condition in other collections(Auckland Zoo)
 
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