Dobro eggs in a string!

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Do dobros normally lay in a string?

I'll follow their development in this thread, when and if they hatch and develop.
 

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Eggs in a string is not typical, but i've seen this happen in both I. alpestris and my T. dobrogicus. My guess is that the female gets a bit lazy once in a while - all this individual wrapping gets tedious.:p
 
I've seen it done before. Gregarious had a very similar happening. Makes it easier for you, all you have to do is take out the string of eggs. Makes harvesting eggs easy.
 
In book written by one of the best polish herpetologists of past century, i read that newt females (polish species- L. vulgaris, T. cristatus) use to lay eggs in strips after time when they have to keep eggs inside their bodies for longer time because of environment problems (like no plants to lay them, or too low temperatures). Don't know if that could be the reason.
 
Hi,
a very young apuanus female (two years) laid this last year:


Fabian
 
@FabianMaybe it has to do with inexperience, then.
@Yahilles: there is plentiful java moss in there to lay, but I will add some strips.

thanks!
 
@FabianMaybe it has to do with inexperience, then
thanks!

Nope Dawn. My dobrogicus female laid eggs for the first time and not even a sequence of 3 in a string. Nothing to do about. I would rather go for Janusz explanation based in a herpetologist.

Cheers,
 
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