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Two pictures;
A fat new-born AND Two babies born only minutes apart looking very different(10 minutes old!)??
One baby bernardezi came out with gills!!(no picture)
 

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In that second picture the baby is really fat, how can that?
Has he eaten a brother or sister in his mother belly?
 
I dont know why it was born so big. Dose anyone know if there might be "canibalism in the womb" with these guys? I saw ashow once where a certain sharks babies do this.
 
Congratulations. I had never seen anything like that, both the obese neonate, and the gilled large baby. Very interesting indeed....thanx for sharing.
 
Rather than being obese, that plump salamander may have severe edema. I have seen the same thing rarely in newborn toads. It would be an indication of an osmoregulatory problem and would likely limit the chances of survival for that individual.

You may be able to tell by "candling" the juvenile in a clear plastic container with a flashlight. Depending on the opacity of the skin, you should be able to tell if the "fat" areas are filled with translucent fluid, or full of more opaque fat or tissue.

-Tim
 
beefsteak said:
Two pictures;
A fat new-born AND Two babies born only minutes apart looking very different(10 minutes old!)??
One baby bernardezi came out with gills!!(no picture)
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I have some bernardezi babies in an enclosed outdoor set up. It was quite a shock to find my first one, I did not know the mother was pregnant. Since then I have found 5 young and a larger one possibly a year older. I shall have to be more observant. Although in defence today I could find none of them! Oh and they all look like the second picture but slimmer.
 
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