What is this beauty???

[Neotenic_Jaymes]

Dang I saw this a little too late. Actually my 1st guess was going to be Triturus. Glad to see more albino cristatus.

 

[morg]

the newts now

 

[Azhael]

Their identity is MUCH more obvious now.

 

[mr cyclone]

They are looking good mate ,are they showing any signs of morphing yet?

 

[morg]

They are looking good mate ,are they showing any signs of morphing yet?

The smallest of the 3 already has, the other two just keep eating and growing with no sign of gills shrinking

 

[morg]

a very poor pic[taken on mobile phone] of crested today

 

[morg]

UPDATE
I have ended up with two females and 1 male, they are all showing signs of maturity, with male cresting up and tail wafting.
That means that[ as with other cresteds Ive raised] they have gone from egg to maturity in less than a year

 

[morg]

latest pics, will try get one of the male with his developing crest soon, as hes a shy one and hides each time he sees a camera lol

 

[morg]

Re: pic of the male

managed to get a pic.
hes tail fanning the females like mad now

 

[Davo]

Awesome mate, just awesome!:happy:

 

[mr cyclone]

Very exciting let's hope for some fertile eggs , he's a looker

 

[Chinadog]

I'm not normally that fond of albinos, but there's no denying he is a beautiful, truly stunning creature!

 

[morg]

very unclear pic but best I can get, of male fully crested up

 

[Chinadog]

I was wondering, does he still have the silver/white stripe on his tail like normal cristatus? Its hard to tell from the pictures.

 

[mr cyclone]

I didn't realise this was two years ago mate? Where has the time gone?
Have you had any joy with these breeding yet?

 

[Chinadog]

I was looking for this thread the other week, didn't think to look here!
The pictures don't really do him justice, I don't much care for colour 'morphs', but he is beautiful in the flesh, and naturally occurred from normal coloured parents as I understand it.

 

[morg]

Yes they came from normal coloured parents.
And yes i have eggs from the albinos but a very limited amount were layed a month or so ago then the laying stopped for some reason.
I am not having the best of luck this year, my laotriton only layed one, yes one egg then stopped.
The crested eggs are now larvae and growing well

 

[Zero]

Whatever it is; its beautiful :O

 

[Stupot1610]

Whatever it is; its beautiful :O

If you read the thread, this is Triturus Cristatus albino.

Good luck with them Morg, they are pretty cool!

 

[morg]

The small amount of eggs layed and raised are now juvenile newts?
I am giving them a short while observing them in a terrestrial set up to make sure they are eating etc then I will be putting them up for sale.