What is next?

[anothernewtfan]

Okay so I have one large Triturus dobrogicus larvae, still has external gills. This guy was the sole survivor of my breeding efforts this year, he ate a number of his cohorts and now resides alone in a 10 gallon. Do I need to worry about this guy drowning like a C.o. morph? I have looked at some old threads and I am getting the impression they absorb their gills and start looking more like the adults but staying aquatic.

 

[Azhael]

You don´t have to worry, they can make the whole transition in the water. It´s a very good idea to offer a piece of cork bark or something of the like so that it can haul itself temporarily out of water. It won´t become terrestrial.