I´ve been trying to find as much info as possible about this specie but it´s surprisingly scarce.
I´ve noticed big adult animals have bright white dots on the sides, but dull and faded dots on the back (My biggest animal follows that "rule"), while juveniles have bright dots all over their bodies.
Is the faded dorsal spotting just a sign of age, or is it related with sexual maturity? Of course this two are related, but what i mean is if as soon as sexual maturity is achieved, the dorsal spots will fade.
I also have a question about nasolabial grooves. All my animals, even the smallest one seem to have very tiny but noticiable grooves. I thought this were exclusive of males, but i´m guessing both sexes have them, being the males who have larger grooves during mating season, is that right? Are the nasolabial grooves also related with sexual maturity?
My final question is about feeding habits. Being terrestrial salamanders that live in humid forests, i was expecting them to fancy slugs, but none of my animals care about them, they don´t even notice them. They take eartworms, wax worms and crickets without problems but they won´t touch anything else.
Oh, one final thing....i´ve read they are territorial(not agressive, but they do have territories). Mine don´t seem to. They share hiding places and they move from one shelter to another. Except one of them tht rarely comes out and is almost always underground. Is this normal or am i doing something wrong?
I´ve noticed big adult animals have bright white dots on the sides, but dull and faded dots on the back (My biggest animal follows that "rule"), while juveniles have bright dots all over their bodies.
Is the faded dorsal spotting just a sign of age, or is it related with sexual maturity? Of course this two are related, but what i mean is if as soon as sexual maturity is achieved, the dorsal spots will fade.
I also have a question about nasolabial grooves. All my animals, even the smallest one seem to have very tiny but noticiable grooves. I thought this were exclusive of males, but i´m guessing both sexes have them, being the males who have larger grooves during mating season, is that right? Are the nasolabial grooves also related with sexual maturity?
My final question is about feeding habits. Being terrestrial salamanders that live in humid forests, i was expecting them to fancy slugs, but none of my animals care about them, they don´t even notice them. They take eartworms, wax worms and crickets without problems but they won´t touch anything else.
Oh, one final thing....i´ve read they are territorial(not agressive, but they do have territories). Mine don´t seem to. They share hiding places and they move from one shelter to another. Except one of them tht rarely comes out and is almost always underground. Is this normal or am i doing something wrong?