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Post by Killian on Mar 10, 2006 14:56:53 GMT
Any activity in any of your vivariums yet? very little here a couple of young alpines out and about but thats about it.
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Post by willj on Mar 10, 2006 17:03:49 GMT
Notophthalmus are as active as ever, no signs of eggs yet, but i haven't had a proper search yet. no sign of the ambystoma, but what do you expect?
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Post by phil on Mar 10, 2006 17:57:21 GMT
s. terrestris have been active for a few days now, and the odd male r. temporaria have found themselves stranded in the terrestris enclosure but they are now in the pond
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Post by morbid on Mar 10, 2006 21:57:56 GMT
I am trying to get the H.arborea to start. I keep them inside though. Temp outside today at 07:00 was -19 degr. C..
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Post by Killian on Mar 11, 2006 3:55:57 GMT
19!! we would be lucky to get that in summer here!!!
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Post by phil on Mar 11, 2006 7:04:51 GMT
i think he said minus 19 killian
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Post by Killian on Mar 11, 2006 14:14:50 GMT
oh! lol didnt notice the minus my mistake, was wondering at 19 degrees in Sweden  |
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Post by phil on Mar 11, 2006 21:29:36 GMT
female palmate turned up in the terrestris enclosure today. removed her and placed in the garden pond, to join the couple of males i saw earlier in the week. its a superb pitfall trap my terrestris enclosure!!
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Post by willj on Mar 13, 2006 8:31:36 GMT
not a sign of a single amphibian yet... and this recent downfall of snow isn't helping either!
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Post by Killian on Apr 19, 2006 2:21:39 GMT
today I saw a midwife toad in the greenhouse, but still very little other activity. it is only 5 degrees here tonight. wish spring would hurry up
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Post by willj on Apr 19, 2006 7:15:05 GMT
everything seems to be back on track here, all frogspawn has hatched and most anurans have left the pond in the wild, the lissotriton have aid eggs, but no visible signs of notophthalmus eggs, but that's not to say there aren't any
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Bri
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Post by Bri on Apr 19, 2006 18:13:19 GMT
We've got a pond full of frog spawn, but not seen a single newt. I've been trying to get them into the pond at my mothers for years with no success. If after the thing being there for 20+ years it hasn't attracted a single palmate then there must be something about it they don't like.
Talking to the neighbours with ponds, frogs are very common round here, but not so toads or newts for some reason.
Waiting for the weather to improve so I can set up the coldframes I bought on eBay.
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Post by Pollywog on Apr 19, 2006 21:45:43 GMT
We've got well developed vulgaris eggs in the garden pond now along with the thousands of temporaria tadpoles and the remaining vulgaris larvae from last year.
Some of the Bombina variegata have been bought out of hibernation and are currently calling away and in amplexus the rest will be given a while longer along with the Bombina bombina till it really warms up and then be bought out of hibernation.
Work has started in the garden so hopefully I will be able to get some outdoor enclosures built this year but all is waiting on my neighbour to take down the pine trees over hanging the area.
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Post by phil on Apr 19, 2006 22:33:36 GMT
too many newts in my pond , both vulgaris and helviticus both laying now. but i'm afraid they've decimated the temporaria tadpoles
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Post by Bri on Apr 20, 2006 6:03:10 GMT
too many newts in my pond , both vulgaris and helviticus both laying now. but i'm afraid they've decimated the temporaria tadpoles Send them over here if you have too many   |
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