Unusual Triturus Habitat

[fabian]

Hi,
I've been herping on an unusual place. This are the artifical Ponds in a gerdening (they sell water plants for pond in them)

There are lots of Triturus alpestris and Triturus vulagaris in there. Icaught about ten alpestris and three vulgaris in ten minutes, and missed another ten.
Some pictures (I hope not too much):

We also caught a Green frog (Rana ? Idon't know how to seperate lessonae, ridibunda and esculenta)

Fabian

 

[paul]

Hi Fabian,

very interesting "habitat" - very nice pics.

Greetings Paul

 

[alan]

There is a well known aquatic plant seller in England who has a very large colony of Triturus cristatus in it's water lily ponds. These consist of a field with long trenches about three feet deep lined with butyl and containing only waterlilies in baskets, no other plants. Lots of newts!

 

[juraj]

Very nice ! "Habitats" of this type are not put in a risk of destroying them and maybe in the future they will completely supply natural ones.
Nice shots.

 

[mark]

Nice pics Fabian, there is an aquarium shop i know that keeps there adult axolotls in the ponds outside where they grow there aquatic plants.

 

[paris]

though that habitat may be unusual-they will use what they can. i was told by a friend there in the UK that he once saw an old armchair that was torn up and chucked into a small pond, this pond contained newts. when he pulled back the fabric from the chair he saw many morphs taking advantage of the damp/safe microhabitat that the chair afforded them-hows that for unusual?

 

[dr.]

Schöne Bilder, wo das auch sein mag.
Hier in Teutoburger Wald werden immernoch Bergfmolche gefangen und illegal in Zooläden verkauft, sie sind hier sehr selten geworden.

 

[joeri]

lol Konstantin, please stick to English, many people here won't understand your German.

"Nice pictures, where ever it may be.
Here in Teutoburger Forest Alpine newts are captured in the wild and sold illegal in petshops. They are becoming a rare species now."

(or something like that)

 

[ajfr0ggy]

I suppose having them breeding in the garden centers spreads populations, from the eggs laid on the plants.
The frog looks a bit like a marsh frog, but i havent seen any in real life
Alan, where abouts is the garden centre with the newts?

AJfr0ggy