Hi Folks,
need some advice on Eurycea guttolineata
i read up Eurycea guttolineata on amphibiaweb.org, the website recommends a temperature of 5-18C. may i know if anyone has managed to keep at them at a higher temp 22C and breed them?
i am really interested in this species as they seems to be very interesting and different from other woodland species. i am also interested in E. longicauda but it seems E. longicauda comes from further north and should need even cooler temps.
thanks
https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_...e-species=guttolineata&account=raffaelli&gaa=
Author: Jean Raffaëlli
Eurycea (Eurycea) guttolineata (Holbrook, 1838)
Eurycea with three bands
There is no known hybridization with E. longicauda , of which it was formerly a subspecies, in the areas where the two species coexist south of the Appalachians, but the presence of intermediate-stained individuals has been reported. 20 cm. 13-14 costal furrows. The tail reaches 65% of the total length in the adult, it is much shorter in the larva and the young as in E. longicauda. A black band on the middle of the back bordered by a yellow to yellow-brown zone, this zone being bordered in turn by a large black dorsolateral band. This last band is bordered on the flanks of a white zone. Vertical bars on the tail sometimes merged to form a zigzag band. The three characteristic bands of the adult appear in the larva aged 1 to 2 months. It reaches a large size before metamorphosis, which occurs before one year in general. Underparts mottled with white and black gray. Prominent cirri, papillae on the cloaca of the male, elongated maxillary teeth in the male during the breeding season. The cirri are present in the female, but less pronounced.
* Wet environment along rocky or silted streams generally within 800 m, up to 1,000 m in the southern Appalachians, roadside ditches, small streams, east of the E. longicauda (eastern half of Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia, northwestern Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, far eastern Louisiana and northwestern Kentucky), to the Atlantic coastal plain and the Gulf of Mexico. In the coastal plain, often under the bark in the immediate edge of the water in flooded forests and cypress areas. Shelters under stones, in crayfish burrows, under bark and plant debris. LC. Many populations destroyed by deforestation. Bridal games in autumn and early spring, as at longicauda. Up to 100 eggs laid in series of 8 to 14 eggs deposited singly on stones and plant debris in the water, usually not far from the surface, in the current (pers. Spawning in the wild often takes place in December.
Aquaterrarium as for E. l. longicauda, at temperatures between 5 and 18 ° C. Seems more territorial. AT +.
QUOTE=taherman;485052]They are semi-aquatic. During the active season they are more terrestrial and most feeding by adults takes place on land. I've noticed they spend quite a bit more time in the water in winter, and females oviposit under submerged cover object.[/QUOTE]