slowfoot
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- Erin
I suppose I should introduce myself 
My name is Erin, and I've kept and been interested in newts and salamanders for quite a long time. I currently have three broken-striped newts (Notopthalmus viridescens), two Asian fire belly newts (sp?), and one very adorable chubby frog (Kaloula pulchra). There's not much interesting about me - I've got a doctorate in biology (animal behavior, lizard courtship), and I currently live in Florida. Not too many salamanders down here
I've had a lot of experience keeping other species over the years - most of them were rejects from various labs. I enjoyed the company of a few elderly tiger salamanders for about 10 years or so. I had a wonderful little A. macrodactylum, who would do tricks for food. He was a reject from my husband's master's thesis project.
When I was an undergrad, I worked in the Schaffer lab at UC Davis, taking care of the axolotl colony. They had quite a wonderful collection of exotic axolotl species from Mexico. So I got to feed and take care of A. andersoni, A. taylori, A. dumerilii, and A. ordinarium, as well as a lot of A. mexicanum, A. tigrinum, and California tigers.
Many of these species were incredibly beautiful - I'm hoping I can remember which names go with which species description because it's been a while and, sadly, I can't find any photos of these species. A. taylori, was a beautiful mottled purple color, with reddish purple gills - very comical looking axolotl, with a big body and head and slender arms. A. andersoni was a nice, solid animal with a brown spotted body and bright red gills: these guys loved to eat and they got huge! My absolute favorite had to be A. ordinarium. They were sleek, almost newt-like, with a beautiful greenish body, yellow lateral spots, and tiny little red gills. They were always escaping from their enclosures.
My name is Erin, and I've kept and been interested in newts and salamanders for quite a long time. I currently have three broken-striped newts (Notopthalmus viridescens), two Asian fire belly newts (sp?), and one very adorable chubby frog (Kaloula pulchra). There's not much interesting about me - I've got a doctorate in biology (animal behavior, lizard courtship), and I currently live in Florida. Not too many salamanders down here
I've had a lot of experience keeping other species over the years - most of them were rejects from various labs. I enjoyed the company of a few elderly tiger salamanders for about 10 years or so. I had a wonderful little A. macrodactylum, who would do tricks for food. He was a reject from my husband's master's thesis project.
When I was an undergrad, I worked in the Schaffer lab at UC Davis, taking care of the axolotl colony. They had quite a wonderful collection of exotic axolotl species from Mexico. So I got to feed and take care of A. andersoni, A. taylori, A. dumerilii, and A. ordinarium, as well as a lot of A. mexicanum, A. tigrinum, and California tigers.
Many of these species were incredibly beautiful - I'm hoping I can remember which names go with which species description because it's been a while and, sadly, I can't find any photos of these species. A. taylori, was a beautiful mottled purple color, with reddish purple gills - very comical looking axolotl, with a big body and head and slender arms. A. andersoni was a nice, solid animal with a brown spotted body and bright red gills: these guys loved to eat and they got huge! My absolute favorite had to be A. ordinarium. They were sleek, almost newt-like, with a beautiful greenish body, yellow lateral spots, and tiny little red gills. They were always escaping from their enclosures.
