Herptiles
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- Christina S. Miller
Hey everyone,
Long time reader, first time posting in a while (although my old user disappeared?). I haven't had any caudate news in a while.
I've had a 1.1 pair of C. orientalis for over four years now. A friend of mine, who had a (presumed) C. orientalis male asked me if I could take him, her mother had her get rid of all her herps (terrible, I know!).
She always told me her newt was a big fella, I assumed that he was maybe a bit chunkier and bigger than my two at home, who are about 5-6 cm each.
Here are my two Chinese firebellies:
Here is my friend's old newt:
This one is a moose compared to my little guys! He was eating guppies and f/t bloodworms, whereas mine eat f/t bloods and brine shrimp, live nightcrawlers, live red wigglers and the occasional garden snail (pesticide-free area).
The big guy is smooth-skinned, his parotids are not very obvious, his tail is tall, and he has very large, wide toes compared to my C. orientalis. His face also seems more squared than mine. He was sold as a Chinese, and we all know that pet stores are full of experts
I'm not a Cynops expert, would you guys say he's a pyrrhogaster?
Long time reader, first time posting in a while (although my old user disappeared?). I haven't had any caudate news in a while.
I've had a 1.1 pair of C. orientalis for over four years now. A friend of mine, who had a (presumed) C. orientalis male asked me if I could take him, her mother had her get rid of all her herps (terrible, I know!).
She always told me her newt was a big fella, I assumed that he was maybe a bit chunkier and bigger than my two at home, who are about 5-6 cm each.
Here are my two Chinese firebellies:
Here is my friend's old newt:
This one is a moose compared to my little guys! He was eating guppies and f/t bloodworms, whereas mine eat f/t bloods and brine shrimp, live nightcrawlers, live red wigglers and the occasional garden snail (pesticide-free area).
The big guy is smooth-skinned, his parotids are not very obvious, his tail is tall, and he has very large, wide toes compared to my C. orientalis. His face also seems more squared than mine. He was sold as a Chinese, and we all know that pet stores are full of experts
I'm not a Cynops expert, would you guys say he's a pyrrhogaster?