Quick qestion??

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This might be a stupid qestion but do newts mate with each other if they are from the same batch of eggs ??
 
Yes.
They´ll mate with anything...sometimes they´ll even try to mate with other species of newt...or other animals..hell, even rocks...

Males are very non-specific when it comes to mating. The females are the ones who are in charge of deciding which male to mate with, but there´s no mechanism to avoid mating with related animals.
 
Normally yes.
Caudates do not work like mammals...we all know what inbreding does to mammals, but inbreeding has little effect on caudates.
As far as i know they can inbreed for generations without showing ill effects. However this might promote morphs and other variations, and eventually can lead to problems.

So basically...you can inbreed them without problems, but if you abuse it, eventually there´s going to be trouble.
 
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