Tylototriton
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Black alligator newt: Tylototriton asperrimus
Conservation Status: Near Threatened
Description:
Distribution: Southern China & Vietnam
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Temperament: Shy
Diet: Adults are fed 2-3 times a week and juveniles fed daily to provide an abundance of food. The captive diet consists of earthworms (Dendrobaena veneta), wax-worms (Galleria mellonella), white-worm (Enchytraeus albidus), blood-worm (Glycera dibranchiata), small silent brown crickets (Acheta domestica) and woodlice (Oniscus asellus). A number of different techniques can be used to present animals food; scatter feeding and target feeding.
Lifespan: 15 years.
Kweichow Crocodile Newt: Tylototriton kweichowensis
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Description:
Distribution: Western Guizhou and North-Eastern Yunnan Province of China. Its habitat ranges from shady areas, with humid grassy slopes, plenty of hiding places when terrestrial and areas of water to reproduce in. These may be small ponds or gentle flowing streams in mountainous areas at 1,800 – 2,300m altitudes.
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Temperament: Bold.
Diet: Adults are fed 2-3 times a week and juveniles fed daily to provide an abundance of food. The captive diet consists of earthworms (Dendrobaena veneta), wax-worms (Galleria mellonella), white-worm (Enchytraeus albidus), blood-worm (Glycera dibranchiata), small silent brown crickets (Acheta domestica) and woodlice (Oniscus asellus). A number of different techniques can be used to present animals food; scatter feeding and target feeding.
Lifespan: 15 years
Tylototriton. cf. kwenchowensis/ yangi
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Description:
Distribution: Hunan in China.
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Temperament: Bold.
Diet: Adults are fed 2-3 times a week and juveniles fed daily to provide an abundance of food. The captive diet consists of earthworms (Dendrobaena veneta), wax-worms (Galleria mellonella), white-worm (Enchytraeus albidus), blood-worm (Glycera dibranchiata), small silent brown crickets (Acheta domestica) and woodlice (Oniscus asellus). A number of different techniques can be used to present animals food; scatter feeding and target feeding.
Lifespan: 15 years
Mangshan Crocodile Newt:Tylototriton lizhenchangi
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Description:
Distribution: Hunan in China.
Husbandry: T. lizhenchangi can be kept suitably in semi-aquatic enclosures with 10-15 cm of water depth.
Sexing:
Breeding: Breeding commences in the water.
Temperament: Shy
Diet: Adults are fed 2-3 times a week and juveniles fed daily to provide an abundance of food. The captive diet consists of earthworms (Dendrobaena veneta), wax-worms (Galleria mellonella), white-worm (Enchytraeus albidus), blood-worm (Glycera dibranchiata), small silent brown crickets (Acheta domestica) and woodlice (Oniscus asellus). A number of different techniques can be used to present animals food; scatter feeding and target feeding.
Lifespan: 15 years
Golden Mandarin Salamander: Tylototriton pulcherrima
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Description:
Distribution: Yunnan Province of China, at altitudes of one thousand four hundred to one thousand eight hundred metres.
Husbandry: Similar to T. shanjing are relatively easily kept in captivity with minimal requirements. Due to the limited field data, enclosure design is difficult, and therefore needs intuition and imagination. T. shanjing are a hardy, terrestrial amphibian species with a straightforward captive care regime and they rapidly adjust to artificial environments,only entering shallow water bodies to reproduce as they are poor swimmers and can drown easily. Plastic containers are suitable as they are easily cleaned and commonly used in off- show facilities with the simplest conditions with paper towels and foam to provide moisture; however recommend naturalistic enclosures. The containers must be escape proof and provided with adequate ventilation, through air holes in the lid. Although little information is known of the T.pulcherrima behaviours in their natural habitat, in captivity they often have increased activity during the day, especially when provided with adequate humidity levels.
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Temperament: Bold.
Diet: Adults are fed 2-3 times a week and juveniles fed daily to provide an abundance of food. The captive diet consists of earthworms (Dendrobaena veneta), wax-worms (Galleria mellonella), white-worm (Enchytraeus albidus), blood-worm (Glycera dibranchiata), small silent brown crickets (Acheta domestica) and woodlice (Oniscus asellus). A number of different techniques can be used to present animals food; scatter feeding and target feeding.
Lifespan: 15 years.
Mandarin/ Halloween Salamander: Tylototriton shanjing
Conservation Status: Near Threatend
Description: T. shanjing have a striking colour pattern, bright yellow or orange pigmentation on their head, vertebral bridge, dorsolateral body warts, tail and legs, with granular skin and with dark brown pupils and black iris.
Distribution: Yunnan Province of China, at altitudes of one thousand to two and a half thousand metres; in moist, vegetated forest and close to ponds; including manmade water bodies such as rice fields. The climatic annual cycle consists of two distinctive seasons; dry during the winter months and a monsoon during the middle of May into October. During the warmer months temperatures can soar between 20-27 degrees and down to 8 degrees in cooler periods.
Husbandry: T. shanjing are relatively easily kept in captivity with minimal requirements. Due to the limited field data, enclosure design is difficult, and therefore needs intuition and imagination. T. shanjing are a hardy, terrestrial amphibian species with a straightforward captive care regime and they rapidly adjust to artificial environments,only entering shallow water bodies to reproduce as they are poor swimmers and can drown easily. Plastic containers are suitable as they are easily cleaned and commonly used in off- show facilities with the simplest conditions with paper towels and foam to provide moisture; however recommend naturalistic enclosures. The containers must be escape proof and provided with adequate ventilation, through air holes in the lid. Although T. shanjing are crepuscular and nocturnal in their natural habitat, in captivity they often have increased activity during the day, especially when provided with adequate humidity levels.
Sexing:
Breeding: Breeding commences in the water.
Temperament: Bold.
Diet: Adults are fed 2-3 times a week and juveniles fed daily to provide an abundance of food. The captive diet consists of earthworms (Dendrobaena veneta), wax-worms (Galleria mellonella), white-worm (Enchytraeus albidus), blood-worm (Glycera dibranchiata), small silent brown crickets (Acheta domestica) and woodlice (Oniscus asellus). A number of different techniques can be used to present animals food; scatter feeding and target feeding.
Lifespan: 15 years
Tailang Knobby Newt/ Black Crocodile Newt: Tylototriton taliangensis
Conservation Status: Near Threatend
Description: T. taliangensis is the largest sized species within the genus. As well as having a more elongate body build in comparison. Head is flat consisting of a short and round snout outline and clearly visible bony ridges.
Distribution: Southern Sichuan Province of China at 1,390 – 3000m elevations in densely vegetated forests with grassy areas and ponds.
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Breeding: Spawning commences in shallow ponds with very little vegetation.
Temperament: Shy.
Diet: Adults are fed 2-3 times a week and juveniles fed daily to provide an abundance of food. The captive diet consists of earthworms (Dendrobaena veneta), wax-worms (Galleria mellonella), white-worm (Enchytraeus albidus), blood-worm (Glycera dibranchiata), small silent brown crickets (Acheta domestica) and woodlice (Oniscus asellus). A number of different techniques can be used to present animals food; scatter feeding and target feeding.
Lifespan: 15 years
Himalayan Crocodile Newt: Tylototriton verrucosus
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Description: A robust hardy newt which makes good beginner species. Colours varies and has been classed as three colour variants.
Distribution: East and South-East Asia. Their habitat ranges from elevations at 1,000 – 3,000m foothills and mountainous areas with moist, vegetated forests and ponds; however, they have been discovered in areas where forests existed and manmade water bodies like T. shanjing.
Husbandry: Can vary with preference of keepers as these are some of the most aquatic of Tylototriton species. Some keepers advise to keep animals semi-aquatic 50:50 with some breeders using this method to mimic seasonality change. While other keepers recommend fully-aquatic enclosures for this species as they are so aquatic and even when in terrestrial enclosures spend a large proportion of their time in the water sections. This maybe done using a Walstad style enclosure with light, some aeration of a filter and heater. Plants may consist of Java fern (Microsorum pteropus), Anubias, Vallisneria, Java moss (Taxiphyllum barbieri), Hornwort (Anthocerotopsida), Bacopa and Duckweed (Lemnoideae). With naturalistic enclosure design T. verrucosus have demonstrated increased activity levels and desired behaviours including breeding in zoos and hobbyist collections. Limited field data recommends the usage of bamboo with T. verrucosus.
Sexing:
Breeding: Breeding commences in the water, males pursue females with nudging then deposit spermatophores.
Temperament: Bold.
Diet: Adults are fed 2-3 times a week and juveniles fed daily to provide an abundance of food. Newts have astonishing appetites; especially females and feeding can lead to a frenzy. The captive diet consists of earthworms (Dendrobaena veneta), wax-worms (Galleria mellonella), white-worm (Enchytraeus albidus), blood-worm (Glycera dibranchiata) and diets may be supplemented with alternative food items including meats and frozen foods.
Lifespan: 10+ years
Wenxian Crocodile Newt: Tylototriton wenxianensis
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Description:
Distribution: South of Gansu Province, Northern Sichuan, East of Guizhou, Chongqing Province and Hunan in China at 650- 2500m elevations in mountain forests.
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Temperament: Shy.
Diet: Adults are fed 2-3 times a week and juveniles fed daily to provide an abundance of food. The captive diet consists of earthworms (Dendrobaena veneta), wax-worms (Galleria mellonella), white-worm (Enchytraeus albidus), blood-worm (Glycera dibranchiata), small silent brown crickets (Acheta domestica) and woodlice (Oniscus asellus). A number of different techniques can be used to present animals food; scatter feeding and target feeding.
Lifespan: 15 years