Some caudatas (T.cristatus and S.atra atra)

[eisentrauti]

Hi,

here are some pics of my caudata collection (sorry for the quality )

Salamandra atra, two of my three adult animals

Salamandra atra, CB 08, I'm very proud of him . S.atra are livebearing with just 1-2 animals every year

Triturus cristatus, my favourite newt species

Shedding male:

Here he's a bit tired

Pair:

Male:

To get males with such high crests, very big aquaria are needed
Hope you like it !

 

[Chameleons Canada]

Wow!! Man!!!

That has to be the craziest "thing" I ever seen!!! that male looks awesome!

 

[Rocky]

Benny, those are really awesome. I have never seen a newt like that. Where are they from?

 

[eisentrauti]

They live here in Germany and many parts of central europe. There are three other very close related species: Triturus dobrogicus, karelinii and carnifex.
Their distribution area is really big but they are rare and in nearly every country threatened.
In comparison to the other native newt species their requirements for the reproduction waters are much higher and they need deeper ones with no fishes

 

[joshdhensley]

Amazing Benny! I really like that!!

 

[merumontanus]

Beautiful! We imported several atra last year and had the fortune to "find" a few babies in the enclosure one day. It's amazing how big they are when born! Definitely one of the rarest caudates in captivity in the U.S.

What do you do to keep them cool enough?

Fabián

 

[hallenhe]

Very nice! I've always admired the T. cristatus. The S. atra looks "squishy" (to quote a Louisiana friend, who was always sort of creeped out by the "squishy geckos" around her property).

 

[eisentrauti]

The hole year in the cellar, to hibernate them I put them in the winter outdoors in one of our garages

 

[xanthoman]

that Triturus cristatus thing looks like something out of a cheap 60s japanese sci-fi movie , amazing

 

[beeze]

Cool! Amazing animals!!!! Never seen anything like it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[AJA]

Uber cool Benny... I can't say the word "newt" without thinking of Monty Python..

 

[Orchidartist]

Wow! How many different types of animal do you keep? Thanks for sharing!

 

[celine]

benny very beautiffull cristatus very big crest!!!
he s in reproduction mode
in my country there are so salamandra salamandra
look pics

 

[eisentrauti]

Very nice Salamandra salamandra terrestris, Celine !
Unfortunately in my area there are complete no Salamandras to find

 

[hallenhe]

Here's Sally Mander, Ambystoma tigrinum (tiger salamander), North America's largest terrestrial salamander. Chock full of personality (much more than we've observed with Salamandra).

 

[Cainschams]

Beautiful salamanders, Benny and everyone else. I miss going out and hunting the streams for them. There are quite a few very interesting species in the Appalachian mountain range. This really makes me want to get back out there and go hunting for them again.

 

[Jon S]

Here's Sally Mander, Ambystoma tigrinum (tiger salamander), North America's largest terrestrial salamander. Chock full of personality (much more than we've observed with Salamandra).

Great looking Tiger! I've always wanted one but I can never seem to get my hands on one. They are all but absent from Long Island except for a protected colony in the pine barrens and they are considered gone from Pennsylvania, where I currently am. Both places it is illegal to own them because they are protected.

 

[Jon S]

Heres a dreadful photo of Jack my fire salamander. Its from my phone when I was cleaning out his tank.

 

[eisentrauti]

Nice salamanders !

@Hallenhe: I've kept those guys two years ago or so. They are the fastest caudatas when there's food around, I have ever seen !

 

[hallenhe]

Thanks for the compliments to Sally! - They are native to Michigan, but mine comes from the pet store, and is a different geographical variant ("Texas barred salamander"). I know they're locally common in various parts of their range (I've heard horrible things about their being used for fish bait), but I've never encountered one in the wild.

@Benny - They are fast! Sally's a master of the lunge-and-snap.