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Banded newts

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My male banded newt in his new breeding dress with a couple of his females
hopfuly i get fertile eggs this time
 

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Yes Dawn, Ommatotriton ophryticus (probably nesterovi).
 

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Im not sure on subspecies, I have not found any papers/photos to differentiate the subspecies.
 

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Update:
Well the crest got larger then there were eggs.
 

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That’s fantastic! Would you like to give us some details on the care that led up to this great success? Temps, setup and so on...

Thanks,
Vide
 

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Well done! Keep us informed on their progress. It will be interesting to see how these notoriously difficult to raise newts fair.
 

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The adults of these have been kept aquatic for the past two years in a 60cm x 30cm tank. Although they are ment to breed in clear open water the tank is densely planted.
They were outside all winter with 4cm of ice on top and most sides. Air temp was as low as -8

When i first recieved these they were only 2 1/2 to 3cm long, smaller than L.vulgaris metamorphs I expected somthink the size of a crested newt morph around 6cm.
I thought they were runts but now looking at some of my larvae it looks like they will to morph at a small size around 2 1/2cm.
 

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Morphs are TINY, trully small. As you said they are around the size of your average Lissotriton.
 
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