January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

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January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

Postby Sandra Panienka » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:41 pm

We had great weather for salamanders on January 2nd/3rd. I went out on the third. 11°C between 7.30-10.30 pm. It had rained a lot the day before. I have yet to count how many newts and salamanders we found in total, but as usual there were more newts than salamanders out.

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One of two salamanders we rescued from a gully.
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Does anyone know what happend to the eye?
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The crest was already developed quite well.
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I bet a nice number of slugs and worms went into this male. ;)
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Re: January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

Postby Paul Lambourne » Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:41 pm

Sandra,

Along with other posts,great to see some herps so soon after Christmas, I forget how beautifully coloured and patterned alpestris are.

The weather in the UK is perfect for salamanders at the moment.. unfortunately we do not have any! :evil:

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Re: January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

Postby Lucas Schmeißing » Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:31 pm

Hi,

very nice pictures!

I also tried it last night at a new location for me, 9°C, rain and a perfect habitat, but sadly I wasn't successful.
Today the next try at one of my known populations...

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Re: January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:35 pm

Good stuff! I had a little over 80 Salamandra last night. Will perhaps add some details to my usual thread sooner or later.
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Re: January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

Postby Sandra Panienka » Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:48 pm

Thanks guys! Yeah, because the alpestris are so common, one tends to forget that they are actually a really pretty species.

@ Jeroen: Looking forward to your pics!!! Meanwhile, I had the time to count my findings: 27 salamanders and 93 newts.
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Re: January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:57 pm

Sandra Panienka wrote:Does anyone know what happend to the eye?

That type of whitish skin becomes visible whenever the eye is opening or closing (although there might be more going on here).
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Re: January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

Postby Sandra Panienka » Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:14 pm

The salamander wasn't blinking. The eye-socket appears to be much smaller compared to the one on the other side.
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Re: January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

Postby Aleksandar Simovic » Fri Jan 10, 2014 4:36 pm

Nice shots :)
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Re: January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

Postby Sandra Panienka » Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:17 pm

It warmed up a bit during the last couple of days and I got kind of curious and went out with a good friend of mine to see if there were was any rana activity. Temperatures dropped down to 5°C after dark and it started to rain.

We found just one adult fire salamander ...
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And some surprisingly big larvae.
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Some smaller larvae.
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We discovered two temporaria males inside the pond ...
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... and this really big male was one the move.
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Re: January 3rd: Newts and Salamanders

Postby Laura Bok » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:14 pm

Wow Sandra, that´s nice! Thanks for sharing!
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