P.cinereus

[tony]

Found the female with eggs last night fingers crossed.

 

[Azhael]

Congratulations! Best of luck with those.

Could we see a picture perhaps? It would also be great if you could extend a bit about the housing, temps and conditions prior to spawning, number of animals, etc...
After all this is the advanced topic section...

 

[tony]

They are housed in a small plastic tank with tight fitting lid, substrate is soil, leaf litter and pieces of moss and bark.
The temperature was about 15 degrees celsius and there is 4 in total in the same tank.

 

[Kurt]

Wow, cool eggs. What I am taken back by is the fact that someone would keep these, especially across the other side of the pond. They are so common here in New England, that I guess I never considered someone might interested in keeping them. I once caught a hypomelanistic specimen. It was almost completely orange but it had traces of black on its tail. I have been thinking of going back to where I found it and see if I could find some more. I thought I had found a new species of salamander, until I realized it was a Plethodon cinereus. I was so excited up till that point. Oh well.

 

[Jake]

Wow, cool eggs. What I am taken back by is the fact that someone would keep these, especially across the other side of the pond. They are so common here in New England, that I guess I never considered someone might interested in keeping them.

That's true with European species as well. What is common over there is exotic to us in the US.

Tony- What ever happened with the eggs? Were they fertile?

 

[John]

I've been tempted to take some Plethodon serratus home as pets - I've seen some jaw-dropping specimens in the Ouachitas. The only thing that stopped me was that it's so hot where I live in the summer time.

Tony what do you feed these guys?

 

[tony]

The eggs went missing i feed them om live bloodworms tiny earthworms springtails.

 

[Plethodonae]

I used to have a P.Cinereus, but sadly, after a long life, he passed away. Its always a joy to see someone with similar interest. I hope you can get more eggs though

 

[NYCherper]

Cinereus are neat little salamanders. We are currently doing a research project on Long Island mapping out red backs vs lead backs. And trying to figure why each morph occurs at different locations on the island.

 

[JM29]

Well, I have my cinereus group in a terrarium (80 cm x 30 cm) with a thick layer of leaf litter, garden compost, oak leaves, bark and wood pieces, so that I'm unable to see where a given female lays its eggs clutch. In fact, I hardly saw the animals during the summer months, in spite of the fact the temperature just reached 20°C (in my garage).
In October, surprise : some babies were climbing on the glasses.
As for the adults, giving them a lot of hide places doesn't mean that I won't see them.