Salamandra s bejarae tadpoles

benw · Oct 12, 2008

I went away last weekend and whilst i was gone my female S s bejarae deposited 4 of these in the water dish, i was hoping for more, but as its her first year of breeding im pleased.

Comments all welcomed.

Ben

marco · Oct 16, 2008

Dont make the mistake of presuming thats all, earlier this year my female terrestris deposited 3 larvae, then a week later she dropped ten.. kept doing that for about a month.

Jake · Oct 16, 2008

Nice work! How long were the larvae when you found them?

benw · Oct 17, 2008

Thanks for comments.

She has still only had the 4, and they are doing very well, eating white worms, bloodworms and daphnia.
They were about 25mm- 1 inch- long when born, so not too bad a size.

They are being housed individually to prevent legs getting mistaken for food shall we say!!

The adult female is still well rounded so hopefully there will be more, but im not worried if there isnt, i think my female gigliolli will be next to eanter the 'birthing pool'

Ben

benw · Nov 29, 2008

Well its been a while now but here is the same tadpole as above that had now morphed, and is now approximately 2 inches long.

It, and the others are feeding on whiteworms and micro crickets.

It will be fun to see how the colours and patterns develop.

Ben

tdimler · Nov 29, 2008

Ben,
Thanks for posting the photos. That morphs looks particularly large and healthy.

Travis

Steve Roman · Nov 29, 2008

Nice going Ben, would love to see more shots .

benw · Dec 2, 2008

Here you go, Steve,
Another pic for you, the colours are starting to gradually coming through on the older one in the foreground

Ben

Steve Roman · Dec 2, 2008

benw said:
Here you go, Steve,
Another pic for you, the colours are starting to gradually coming through on the older one in the foreground

Ben

Yep, pretty adorable.

sergé · Dec 2, 2008

25 mm is rather small, but as they are the first larvae it is more normal. Anyway, keep an eye on the weather. Salamandra's seem to react on weather conditions outside. There will be more larvae, but if it is here first batch you can also expect some unfertilized eggs.

benw · Dec 2, 2008

Hi Serge

I am inclined to think it was her first clutch,as there were some unfertilised eggs, as you said. But i am happy with them, and i look forward to some more another time.

Thanks for the comment

Ben

benw · Dec 23, 2008

Just another update to show the baby fires and see how the patterns are developing.

They are eating well and feeding on 2nd instar crickets and chopped earthworms, and im pleased how they are coming along.

Thanks for looking

Ben

marco · Dec 23, 2008

They look like their doing really well, strange how there only ended up being the four. Their colours are coming along nicely too.

How do you keep your adults by the way if you dont mind me asking.

benw · Dec 23, 2008

I think it was the females first clutch so not too worried, there were a few unfertilised eggs, so will see for next time.

These adults, along with 2 adult pairs of gigliolli and algira, are kept in a natural setting with bark etc and shallow pool. (pic below)

Ben

marco · Dec 24, 2008

Ah right, ive got my Algerians in a similar set up to that.

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