Hiroshima pyrrhogaster from Shikoku

[paul]

Here are my two males - Hiroshima pyrrhogaster from Shikoku, Ehime Prefecture.
Now I am looking for a female from Shikoku.

Paul

 

[TJ]

Hi Paul, nice shots!
I intend to adopt that method myself someday

Typical Hiroshima pyrrhogaster patterns on those two!
I have a group from Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku and may post some photos of them -- though that wouldn't help solve your problem!
(I'll ask around to see if I can find somebody here in Japan who can help you...)

Are you aware of there being any interesting distinctions among Shikoku populations as there are among Kyushu populations?

 

[paul]

Hi Tim,

it is an easy and useful way to get pictures of the belly. It is no photo, I scan them. Therefore I put them into a plastic box and a wet paper on their backs. Then I set the box on my scanner. So I make pictures of each belly of my Cynops.
The belly coloration of adult Cynops doesn't change within years. So ten or more years later I can identify each of my newts, and know their live history. It is also easy to measure the total length, tail length … on the pictures.

Paul

 

[paul]

I have no information about morphological or genetic differentiation within the Shikoku populations.
Paul