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<i>Hynobius stejnegeri</i> (Amber-colored Salamander)

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(both pics are of same individual)
 
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You are lucky to have all these amazing species available. I was prevented from getting to HenkWallays to collect some dunni by flu
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What are those floating thingies in the tank?
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Sorry, Chris, dunno the names of those floating plants (3 kinds there in that top photo). I have numerous floating plants in another (giant) tank that gets good light. But they've proliferated to an extent that they're now blocking out light needed by the plants underneath them
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(Message edited by TJ on October 29, 2003)
 

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This species, generally regarded as the most attractive of the Japanese hynobiids, is from Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's 4 main islands. It inhabits the following area:

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Some basic info and pics of adults, juveniles, larvae and eggs can be found at:

http://www.rieo.net/amph/saramand/sansyouo/bekkou.htm
 
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the plants in the photo are:
-Lemna minor (or Lemna sp.)...ten called "duckweed" (it's the smallest one on the pic)

-Salvinia (S.natans or S.auriculata...I don't know)...the plant on the left top of the first pic)

I don't know what species is the third plant...maybe Trapa or another Salvinia...
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So where are the most recent addition to your collection Tim? The ones you were talking about the other day?
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Additions? Well, that's one of them, the stejnegeri pictured right above with some chunks missing from its tail.

I had my first morph today, which confirms to me that they take to land before their gills have completely disappeared.

Here it is today just prior to leaving the water:

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And taking to land for the first time:

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Looking good, although H. kimurae is actually the most beautiful Hynobius.
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The above three adult ambers all belong to Mr. Okamoto.
 
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