Eurycea Longicauda

[richard]

I am immensely interested in E.Longicauda, and was wondering if anyone here kept this beautiful species. I have had my eye on Eurycea for a while, and this is easily my favourite. Does anyone have some that are captive-bred?

ps. I would love to hear about anyones experience with this species.

(Message edited by richierich on February 22, 2007)


(Message edited by ester on February 23, 2007)

 

[cameron]

I have Eurycea Cirrigera.

My site has some info on mine and how I raise them: http://www.freewebs.com/slimysalamanders/

 

[john]

Rich, I don't recall ever seeing anyone here with E. longicauda and definitely no one captive breeding them. I'm also interested in these guys. Hopefully someone who's keeping them will chime in. E. bis are very easy to keep and I suspect most all of common Eurycea would be similar.

 

[richard]

It was a shot in the dark..but oh well. I have E.Bislineata around my camp but they are few and far between. It wouldn't feel right to take one from the wild. My second favourite would have to be E.Wilderae. Does anyone here captive-breed them? Thanks for all th ideas for setups cam. BTW what kind of plant is that in your setup? It looks somewhat like my aquatic Cardamine Lyrata(4th pic old tank)

 

[cameron]

I still don't know what plant that was and many other forum users ask me this all the time. It grows in really wet areas of my backyard and especially areas that form small pools of water for short periods of time. I dug it up and washed it out and put it on a wet rock and it lived for about two months until I put it on cork bark and it died. The Two-Lineds loved it and tunneled through it all the time. I am trying to figure out what it is.

Wilderae are cool but I haven't been able to find them when ever I look in North Georgia. I don't think anyone has them on the forum. Most only have either Northern or Southern Two-Lineds or Three-Lineds.

Here's a map of where they live: http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/salamanders/eurwil.htm

 

[richard]

I wish i could find some of those more interesting rare species around here... Thanks everyone for all your info.

Rich

 

[john]

Rich

I feel your pain when it comes to taking wild specimens. However, I think as long as you follow all your local laws, taking numbers allowed that might enable you to establish captive breeding colonies is ok. For me personally, I won't purchase native species from someone who has collected them because I know they are collecting mass quantities and my purchase would encourage further plundering of the native fauna.