Gold Cynops e. ensicauda

[DosJax 12XU]

I'm pretty sure you've seen the some for sale recently, they are marked as "high gold". To be honest, they didn't look too far from normal to me. This guy is definately above average though. I don't know if it helps to say "No, I've never seen one that gold" but it is definately new to me.

Thanks for posting the picture, he's really cool.

 

[Jake]

I'm pretty sure you've seen the some for sale recently, they are marked as "high gold". To be honest, they didn't look too far from normal to me. This guy is definately above average though. I don't know if it helps to say "No, I've never seen one that gold" but it is definately new to me.

Thanks for posting the picture, he's really cool.

That's right Bruno, I've seen that ad, and they look no more 'high gold' than ones I've seen members of the forum sell for less than $20 (from what I remember the ones for sale recently were more like $100 each).

Jay- that is definitely a looker you've got there! Hopefully it produces some wicked offspring, keep us posted.

 

[John]

Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't look like the popei golden spots - it looks like a lack of black pigment.

 

[Jennewt]

I was going to say the same thing as John. I wouldn't call it high-gold, I'd call it low-black. When people say a popei is high-gold, that usually means it has a lot of white spots on top of the black color. This one is interesting, but I'd describe the color differently (not sure how).

 

[coendeurloo]

I have heard this could happen to old C. e. popei, they seem to lose pigmentation when they come at age: http://www.caudata.nl/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=98&topic=625.0

 

[coendeurloo]

Well it raises a number of interesting questions; have you raised this one yourself, did it always have this coloration and why wouldn't any references to C. e. popei apply to this subspecie?