<i>Hynobius nebulosus</i>

TJ · Mar 20, 2003

TJ · Mar 20, 2003

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TJ · Mar 21, 2003

Good pics of this sal at the following Japanese sites:

http://www.ds-j.com/nature/watching/kansatukai/312kasumi/kasumi.html

http://www.denen.maff.go.jp/InterServ/MULTIMEDIA/html/contents/ikimono/frame/308f.html

http://www.nara-edu.ac.jp/ECNE/kaerhebi/kaisetu/kasumi.htm

http://www.hkr.ne.jp/~rieokun/saramand/sansyouo/kassannsyo.htm

http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~itoyama/kansatu/kasumi03.html

TJ · Mar 26, 2003

TJ · Apr 2, 2003

It's interesting to see that they're now losing that "peppered" look seen in the above pics from a week ago.

TJ · May 20, 2003

Just love the way these have turned out with their stubby, bright yellow tails

TJ · May 20, 2003

kai · May 21, 2003

Congrats Tim!

These are among the weirdest metamorphs I've seen...

jennifer · May 21, 2003

So cool! Are they still voracious eaters?

TJ · May 27, 2003

Not since morphing, Jen. And they were never as voracious as the H. tokyoensis. I ended up with too many of them (35+) as there so many in the egg sac to begin with. I've just found a good home for 20 of them!

By the way, these particular ones are a bit unique as they come from the tiny island of Iki (notorious in the past for its lethal dolphin roundups) of Nagasaki Prefecture. While this species is widespread in Japan, the ones on Iki seem closely related to H.tsuensis on nearby Tsushima Island (or so I was recently told).

(Message edited by TJ on May 28, 2003)

TJ · May 28, 2003

map source: http://www.pref.nagasaki.jp/naisnet/en/guide/index.html

(Message edited by TJ on May 28, 2003)

TJ · Sep 21, 2003

An update on my H.nebulosus. They're now 6 months old. I underestimated how many I have left, and counted 24 of them today, about 10 more than I had thought

They're hardy and are now varacious eaters (the reverse of tokyoensis, which were voracious in the larval stage but not as morphs). As can seen in these pics snapped today, they've retained the yellow on the tips of their tails. It'll certainly be interesting to see how they turn out to look as adults.

(Message edited by TJ on September 21, 2003)

henk · Sep 21, 2003

IN H. nebulosus there are some local races that do retain this yellow tail ( I have 3 of such a race/geographic region) and others that fail to display this yellowish tail. Might be that during breeding this color comes back...

Animals with all-life yellow tails are rare to my experience

My juveniles had their tail all yellow, no just the top.

TJ · Oct 10, 2003

To illustrate the wide variation in coloring and patterns among H.nebulosus fropm different parts of Japan, here are some pics:

(photos used with permission from Peponi: http://www.remix-net.co.jp/ ...which doesn't deal in Hynobiids any longer so don't bother asking them

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henk · Oct 10, 2003

Well I love those blue spotted ones. Normally I have this coloration in juvenile animals, but never in such large adults.. they are quite beautifull and .. why don't they live out here in Europe ???

TJ · Jan 7, 2004

The juveniles are coming along fine, and are now 4-4.5cm:

I'm hoping the yellow on the tail will stay with them through adulthood

TJ · Mar 9, 2004

Here they are 2 months later:

TJ · Mar 9, 2004

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