I had been gone for a few days and someone unplugged my lights/timer for the newts. I found when I returned that some of the juveniles reacted very well to the temporary darkness (depite them having constant hiding spots available) and switched completely aquatic when I was gone. Those are now about 50% larger in a weeks time. I was just wondering if anyone else saw changes like that based on temporary irregularities in they light cycle. The ones I am mentioning are C. e. popei, but nearly all my C. cyanurus also morphed and returned aquatic (though they still have a small bit of gills still) as well. The cyanurus morphed very large, right around the size of a small adult orientalis.
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