Curiosity

[jesse]

Well i was wondering, since i just saw jurrasic park for the umpteenth time. Since i know ther eare frogs that can change their sex, are there salamander or newt species that can do the same, i have never heard of any, so im leaning towards no, but imsure that the more educated set her at the forums could tell me for sure. Thanks all
- Jesse

 

[francesco]

I'm not 100% sure because I didn't count them but when I used to have triturus carnifex a couple of females became males. I think females can become males but males can't turn into females. A friend of mine had the same thing with axolotls.

 

[jesse]

hmm interesting, i wonder if this may be true for all species or mabey jsut some, since there are hybrid species that are all female, if its true for all then breeding might be a bit easierr for those caudates that are difficult to sex outside the breeding season (mudpuppy)