taherman
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I can't claim a captive breeding, but at least the eggs have gone full term and are hatching.
These eggs were laid ~25 July 2008 from a wild female collected in June. They are hatching in approximately 30 days at 67F. VERY fast for a direct developing plethodontid. All 8 in the clutch are good. As you can see they are ridiculously small. The female that laid them was approximately 35-40mm total length
If anyone else has has experience with this species I'd love to hear it. The wild adults were not nearly as easy as I expected, and I lost several to an unknown cause. I submitted two for histopathology, so hopefully I'll get some useful info back. With luck the captive hatched offspring will be hardier than the wild adults.
These guys are at home, not at the zoo.
-Tim
These eggs were laid ~25 July 2008 from a wild female collected in June. They are hatching in approximately 30 days at 67F. VERY fast for a direct developing plethodontid. All 8 in the clutch are good. As you can see they are ridiculously small. The female that laid them was approximately 35-40mm total length
If anyone else has has experience with this species I'd love to hear it. The wild adults were not nearly as easy as I expected, and I lost several to an unknown cause. I submitted two for histopathology, so hopefully I'll get some useful info back. With luck the captive hatched offspring will be hardier than the wild adults.
These guys are at home, not at the zoo.
-Tim
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