Taricha granulosa breeding! FINALLY!

Seems there's going to some CB Taricha granulosa available later this year.
 
I really hope we do. I hope it stops people from taking them from the wild.. At what age do they mature sexually?
 
Having tons of luck. Almost all the larvae have 4 limbs but they're growing a bit slow for me. Maybe this is the usual with this species. I didn't know what to expect regarding growth rates. They're still eating BBS/baby brine shrimp and I hope they can transition to blackworms soon.

I'll post pictures later.
 
Great to hear James! I remember my rivularis growing slowly until rear legs developed. Maybe rivularis hatch out larger than granulosa though as I remember being able to feed them cut blackworms almost immediately after hatching. Once the larvae were big enough to take small earthworms growth was pretty rapid.
 
Here's a bad pic. But they're there!
 

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Most all have back legs. Still very small. Maybe this is normal for T. granulosa?
 
I've had one morph so far. I thought I'd have at least 50 considering all the eggs, but I'll probably get about 10 or so.
 
Found this one climbing today. No more gills!
 

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Fantastic! Looking very good.
Any idea what they are morphing at? In my experience they morph around 2" i believe.
 
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