T. Karelinii photos

It seems I have eggs from my Triturus karelinii. I recently removed them from their icy tank in the basement. I placed them in my room where its about room 66 degrees. Its been about 2 weeks and now I have eggs laid in plastic strips that I placed in their tank. Here are some pics and I'll include their winter home which was a icy tank!
 

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nice pics man.

your personal assistant is pretty cute too ;)
 
axolotlfriend said:
nice pics man.

your personal assistant is pretty cute too ;)
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Thanks! I really like the pics and I have tons of pics of T. karelinii. I just can't stop taking photos of my animals. I like sharing photos and experiences hoping others do the same! I'll upload more photos later on. Thanks!
 
Great pics, Jaymes, thanks for sharing, and I look forward to more ;) :happy:
The male has lovely markings on his 'cheeks'
 
Hey Jay,

You got some good looking Karelinii!!
Dang! ;)

Knew that already, just cant help but saying it again!:D
 
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I found some more interesting photos. Tail fanning, egg laying and handstands! Enjoy!
 

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Those are some trully beautiful animals, thanx for sharing! I can´t wait to have space to get more into Triturus, i have a great interest in them.
 
Beautiful shots Jaymes! Outstanding work, I hope to see plenty little one in the upcoming months!

(The male is just stunnin' with the big crest and hand stands, how can you not have fertile eggs! :D)
 
xMIDNIGHTx said:
Beautiful shots Jaymes! Outstanding work, I hope to see plenty little one in the upcoming months!

(The male is just stunnin' with the big crest and hand stands, how can you not have fertile eggs! :D)
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I have tons of fertile eggs. His efforts weren't vain the female laid about 200 eggs. The egg laying hasn't stop yet but she's almost done with her 2nd clutch.
 
just found this thread and am delighted at how gorgeous these are. Any updates on the larvae?
 
Molch said:
just found this thread and am delighted at how gorgeous these are. Any updates on the larvae?
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Like the past couple years I've been swamped in larvae. A fraction of what hatched made it. I am still caring for a handleful at the moment. I'll post pics of recent morphs. Thanks for looking.
 
Seems like this is one of my annual threads. I got some pics from a couple a months ago I wanted to share. I caught a female T. karelinii picking up a spermatophore, took tons of pics and video. Other than that there are some other pics from earlier this season.
 

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Hi, you're not the only one! Here are mine breeding. They are from NE of Azerbaijan, bred by a german friend. First eggs are laid and fertile.
 

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sergé said:
Hi, you're not the only one! Here are mine breeding. They are from NE of Azerbaijan, bred by a german friend. First eggs are laid and fertile.
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Nice! I'm glad I'm not the only one! You think yours my bare some differences from mine? I'm not sure of the location of mine.

Yours look great!
 
Well, karelinii is a difficult group. However, the most common ones around are from imports from Ukraine/ Caucasus area. There have been animal traders selling adults from that area. So, if yours are from those imports, which is very likely, they belong to the same genetic group.

However, western Turkey ones, which have also been around in private hands are for sure something different, probably a different subspecies. And the ones from Greece/Bulgaria region which were karelinii once are now a different species.
 
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