New species: Amami Duckweed Newt <img src="http://www.caudata.org/forum/clipart/lol.gif" border=0>

[TJ]

Cynops ensicauda duckweedensis

Actually, it's the same nominate C. ensicauda as in this thread:

http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/13/37429.html?1118368451

 

[william]

that's a cool picture Tim, you sure one of your marmoratus hasn't escaped and been getting busy with your ensuicauda?

 

[benjamin]

That's a great pic, very funny.

 

[terry]

i know what it is! It is a Cynops with a natural ability to sprout duckweed as part of its defense mechanism! No? Perhaps it has the ability to form a symbiotic relationship with duckweed! That, or this Cynops sure knows its camouflage.

Lovely and funny pic.

 

[jeff]

<blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1>William Jones wrote on Sunday, 25 September, 2005 - 10:50 :</font>

"that's a cool picture Tim, you sure one of your marmoratus hasn't escaped and been getting busy with your ensuicauda?"<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>

Ha, ha! At first glance I thought it looked like a marm too.