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Triturus cristatus and Lissotriton vulgaris

rethgar

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As Azhael recently pointed out I should have shared some photos I took a while ago :p But in the interests of not highjacking Molch's thread here they are...

These are some I found kicking around recently after a camera spring clean.

Apologies for the lack of clarity on some they were in pond water! The L. vulgaris in the pitfall trap was an interesting colour vatiation I found a few years ago. The others (a mixture of T. cristatus and L. vulgaris) all came out of the same pond which was pretty heavily vegetated (almost 100% Typha) The final 2 T. cristatus were taken this year and came form a much nicer pond.
 

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lovely critters. How much fun it is to dip into a pond and see them all in their best Sunday-courting-dress. Is that orange thing a vulgaris female? Interesting color....it almost looks like someone emancipated a noto eft... :)
 

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Thank you for uploading them!
Those are some gorgeous animals. I can never have enough of L.vulgaris in breeding dress, they are just amazing. That cristatus is also an spectacular animal. I hope to be able to see both species in the wild one day :)
 
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