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Tylototriton yangi courtship

mr cyclone

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Does anyone know if tylototriton courtship happens on land or in the water?
I am asking about the mateing ritual not the egg laying ,thanks
 

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In the water I think. I am a bit confused, haven't you bred Tylototriton verrucosus before? You have sold morphs before...which makes me think you bred them, or did you just buy the eggs? Anyway, I would be surprised if they didn't court in the water. I have read that T. verrucosus tail fans in a way similar to Triturus newts, but slower, which wouldn't make sense if it wasn't in the water. -Seth
 

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Mine courted a lot. Always in the water. They circled around each other until the male dropped a spermataphore. I never saw any tail fanning.
 

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Some tylos appear to mate and lay eggs on land. It's not clear what species these are, although the name T.verrucosus has been applied to at least one such population.
 

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I ask the question as I know Frogmans courtship was aquatic but also I've been told of numerous occasions of the courtship being on land ,both is true for which I've heard of certain types of T shanjing and /suspected T shanjing.
I have mature T.yangi at the moment and show little interest in the water I know it's the wrong time of year for them, they are being kept semi aquatic
Watch this space
 

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This time of the year I am slowly transitioning them to a terrestrial tank. They will re-enter water in late spring.

Evan
 

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I found spermataphores today 1 on a flat stone on the land and a cloud of it in the water today .
I believe it is sperm,Any comments welcomed
Thanks
 

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I don't believe that the one in the water Is a spermataphore. The one on land could be but I never saw anything like that with mine so I have a feeling it is something else. Their sperm was always small and in the water with mine.
Best of luck to you all the same!

Evan
 
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