Lamb
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Hey everyone, I've been on Caudata.org for a number of days but this is my introduction. I'm an undergraduate at the University of Southern Mississippi studying environmental biology. I want to go into herpetology and and looking at grad school options that would give me the opportunity to work with these animals (preferably including a lot of field work).
My first herps to raise were Bufo terestris tadpoles. I found them when they were small, wiggly commas in a tiny puddle and raised them. It was so much fun. They were wild caught and came with some of the puddle water they were in, so I did have to deal with snails and infections. Out of the 33 that I brought home, 30 successfully morphed and were released. Then came the Gray treefrog (Hyla chrysocelis/versicolor) larvae batch, from which I kept Big. He's still with me, a sexually mature adult, active and happy in an 18 gallon still thinking that he can call the females his way. I came across the Gray tadpoles in a doomed puddle one day during work over the summer, and it was chock-full. I wanted to be able to help some of them out, so I collected 29 in a waterbottle and raised them in plastic tubs. All of them made it, even one little guy who morphed, escaped, and then wandered back covered with dust-bunnies. Now I've got salamander larvae, 3 of them. One larger Euyrcea who is the one in my pictures, and two tiny ones that we think are Eurycea. They haven't been named, and I'm not sure that I'm going to keep the two littlest ones, as it is difficult to keep live food (i'm using daphnia) going with the limited space that i have (I live in a dorm).
Caudata.org is such a great site. The pictures people post are AMAIZING, the information is helpfull, and it's great to have this resource and people to contact as a beginner. Thanks to everyone for that, hope to talk with you soon
My first herps to raise were Bufo terestris tadpoles. I found them when they were small, wiggly commas in a tiny puddle and raised them. It was so much fun. They were wild caught and came with some of the puddle water they were in, so I did have to deal with snails and infections. Out of the 33 that I brought home, 30 successfully morphed and were released. Then came the Gray treefrog (Hyla chrysocelis/versicolor) larvae batch, from which I kept Big. He's still with me, a sexually mature adult, active and happy in an 18 gallon still thinking that he can call the females his way. I came across the Gray tadpoles in a doomed puddle one day during work over the summer, and it was chock-full. I wanted to be able to help some of them out, so I collected 29 in a waterbottle and raised them in plastic tubs. All of them made it, even one little guy who morphed, escaped, and then wandered back covered with dust-bunnies. Now I've got salamander larvae, 3 of them. One larger Euyrcea who is the one in my pictures, and two tiny ones that we think are Eurycea. They haven't been named, and I'm not sure that I'm going to keep the two littlest ones, as it is difficult to keep live food (i'm using daphnia) going with the limited space that i have (I live in a dorm).
Caudata.org is such a great site. The pictures people post are AMAIZING, the information is helpfull, and it's great to have this resource and people to contact as a beginner. Thanks to everyone for that, hope to talk with you soon
