Wildlife Biologist in Training

[mkelly]

Hi-
I am Mckenzie. I am located in New York State. I am currently in school to get degree in wildlife biology, and have a particular interest in herps. I have owned a couple of the fish tanks in the past, along with a bearded dragon (whom I adopted/rescued). I am now looking into getting a newt, and a hog-nosed snake once I move into my new apartment.

There are a couple of newts of interest Triturus marmoratus (marbled newt), or an Ichthyosaura alpestris (alpine newt). I am leaning towards the marbled newt because I love green and orange, and I am leaning towards a western hognose, as with my love of amphibians I do not want to have to feed frogs.

My biggest concern is however making sure that I can get my pets captive bred. There is a variety of reasons for this, but it is important to me.

 

[MnGuy]

Hi-
I am Mckenzie. I am located in New York State. I am currently in school to get degree in wildlife biology, and have a particular interest in herps. I have owned a couple of the fish tanks in the past, along with a bearded dragon (whom I adopted/rescued). I am now looking into getting a newt, and a hog-nosed snake once I move into my new apartment.

There are a couple of newts of interest Triturus marmoratus (marbled newt), or an Ichthyosaura alpestris (alpine newt). I am leaning towards the marbled newt because I love green and orange, and I am leaning towards a western hognose, as with my love of amphibians I do not want to have to feed frogs.

My biggest concern is however making sure that I can get my pets captive bred. There is a variety of reasons for this, but it is important to me.

Welcome. I agree that captive bred is best. Luckily, the species you're interested in are readily available captive bred. I have three alpine newts myself. They're a great species.

 

[mkelly]

Welcome. I agree that captive bred is best. Luckily, the species you're interested in are readily available captive bred. I have three alpine newts myself. They're a great species.

Any suggestion on where to get them (being the marbled newts)? I am concerned about getting them from 'too' far away as I don't want them to have to go through the stress of a long shipping time. It seems like many of the places/people selling them are located at least 1,000 miles away from me (ie. FL, CA, TX)

 

[MnGuy]

Any suggestion on where to get them (being the marbled newts)? I am concerned about getting them from 'too' far away as I don't want them to have to go through the stress of a long shipping time. It seems like many of the places/people selling them are located at least 1,000 miles away from me (ie. FL, CA, TX)

Sorry. I'm in Minnesota and don't know what's close to you. I've seen them for sale on this site and on fauna classifieds, but as you noted, they are usually offered from far flung locales.

Good luck.