BILLY JAMES
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Does anybody know how low of a temperature T.shanjing can with stand. would they be able to survive a british winter in a frost free place.
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How low temperature can go for T. shanjing
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I wouldn't have thought so, or at least if they did it would be highly stressful. They are subtropical animals, and I wouldn't let them get nearly as low as that.
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The breeder of my animals, have kept the adults near freezing point in winter. I personaly wouldn't keep them lower than 5-8C.
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Ok thank you.
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All of my tylos have done well outdoors down to -3C overnight. They are caged in a sheltered area with a deep bed of leaf litter and a deep water area, and they just disappear into the duff if it gets too warm, dry, or cold. I wouldn't risk much more than that, as this is just a brief overnight frost - if temperatures aren't coming above freezing in the day, that protection won't help. Despite being subtropical, almost all tylos are found in mountainous regions where temperatures can easily drop close to freezing. Those in Nepal [which may not be T.verrucosus], Sikkim, West Bengal, and Bhutan are close relatives of T.shanjing and in some areas may spend 2-3 months buried under snow. I would be more cautious with any species from south of China or closer to the sea, but even so, salamander habitats in Laos get very chilly as well.