Cynops cyanurus info

[stevethegator34]

hello,

i recently bought two fire-bellied newts at the local reptile store, and have since identified them as Cynops cyanurus. they appear to be in good health and are eating well, but in doing my research i was unable to locate any particular care information on the species. does anyone else have any experience with c. cyanurus, and if so, is there any specific info/requirments regarding this species that differs from the other cynops?

 

[Ed]

the basic care is very similar to other Cynops species. (see http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Cynops/C_orientalis.shtml for one example).


While C. cyanurus is coming into the country at the moment I am a little surprised that they did end up in a pet store.. as they cost significantly more than C. orientalis.

There are people here who have kept for a number of generations and if you use the search function you should be able to pull up a number of posts.

Ed

 

[Jennewt]

I have (and breed) C. cyanurus. Indeed, their care is very similar to C. orientalis, except that I believe they are somewhat more temperature-tolerant (in other words, they tolerate slightly warmer temps than orientalis does). They are also more highly aquatic at all stages of their life. While orientalis will sometimes go terrestrial, cyanurus normally won't. They still should have some kind of island to use if they want it, but they probably won't use it.

 

[michael]

I'm getting ready to set up a Cynops cyanurus tank next to my computer. The tank will be a 10 gallon with around 6 adults in it. I will have a small in tank filter and a piece of floating cork bark for land. I'll probably put in live plants, fake plants, and a killifish mop for collecting eggs. When I raised C. cyanurus from egg and larvae before I kept them nearly completely aquatic. They do tolerate warm tanks but I think the newts will tend to stay aquatic when they metamorphose if kept on the cool side.

 

[stevethegator34]

thanks alot for all the info! it's good to hear that they'll tolerate slightly warmer temperatures, because here in south florida, it's always warm, lol. i'm able to sustain the temperature around 68- 70 degrees F so i dont think i'll have a problem there, but do they need a significant change in temp when it comes to winter? also, hearing that c. cyanurus usually sell for more money than c. orientalis really makes me happy, b/c the store i bought them from was selling both species for the same price! i guess they didnt really know what they had thanks again!