pent565
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At what age can one tell the difference? I rescued some caudate larva from a quickly drying ditch (stupid parents), and in my area both are native, though I haven't actually seen any adults of either species. I am tempted to assume tiger salamander, as it was a ditch, not a pond with adults, but at the time it was raining a lot, and had a tenuous connection to a pond/swamp system in the woods.
I'll try to get some pics up, but for now as far as behavior goes, these guys are eating anything in front of their faces. I'm feeding them plenty of bloodworm, yet the four I have left still cannibalized the other fifteen or so. All four are the same size, so I'm past that danger, I just wish I'd noticed the trend in time to set up a cycled tank to separate them. They stay at the bottom, though I have some floating plastic plants in there. Three are mostly dark black, while one has developed a muddy brown color, almost reddish, which had me hoping eastern newt.
How big should I expect either species to get before they ditch their gills?
I'll try to get some pics up, but for now as far as behavior goes, these guys are eating anything in front of their faces. I'm feeding them plenty of bloodworm, yet the four I have left still cannibalized the other fifteen or so. All four are the same size, so I'm past that danger, I just wish I'd noticed the trend in time to set up a cycled tank to separate them. They stay at the bottom, though I have some floating plastic plants in there. Three are mostly dark black, while one has developed a muddy brown color, almost reddish, which had me hoping eastern newt.
How big should I expect either species to get before they ditch their gills?