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Post by richardfrog on Mar 24, 2015 8:18:20 GMT
Has anyone kept more than one species at the same time ? Apart from the colour are their any differences in behaviour? I would be interested in keeping the species which is most active in daylight hours.
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Post by Alex on Mar 25, 2015 8:34:32 GMT
Has anyone kept more than one species at the same time ? Apart from the colour are their any differences in behaviour? I would be interested in keeping the species which is most active in daylight hours. Hi Richard, B.bombina, orientalis, and variegata are all diurnally active, so all will fit the bill for you! They're active 24/7 to be honest but all prefer to lay their eggs at night, a nice sunny spot is a good place to situate their vivaria (with options to get away from the heat obviously). I watch mine for hours, they've been a mainstay in my collection for the entire 38 years I've been around amphibians and reptiles. An excellent choice  . I will have young available from most of the above in the not too distant future. Cheers Al |
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Post by richardfrog on Mar 25, 2015 14:11:23 GMT
Thanks Alex.I've been keeping stuff that long too. I had an outdoor vivarium in 1964 when i was 10.wild caught natterjacks !! Last 20 years mostly tropicals but am building 5 metre outside enclosure as we speak. I will be needing lots of your bombinas.
I have seen both european species in the wild. they were living in flooded wheel tracks just like it says in the books.
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Post by Alex on Mar 25, 2015 20:47:13 GMT
Thanks Alex.I've been keeping stuff that long too. I had an outdoor vivarium in 1964 when i was 10.wild caught natterjacks !! Last 20 years mostly tropicals but am building 5 metre outside enclosure as we speak. I will be needing lots of your bombinas. I have seen both european species in the wild. they were living in flooded wheel tracks just like it says in the books. Yep, the classic Euro Bombina habitat! Good to have plenty more experience added to the forum - welcome! Hopefully it'll start to pick up here over the next month or so as peoples phibs emerge from their winter rest. I use the winter months to breed my tropical species, at the moment I have A.callidryas in their rain chamber, no spawn yet but everything moving along as it should. Back to the Bombina, I saw both orientalis and variegata out and about today, but then my garden is sheltered and Dorset tends to start warming up quite quickly - the perfect place to live when you keep mainland European species etc! Couple of sites here for calamita in Dorset, the closest I keep to that species is viridis, my females are looking very fat already though I don't expect any spawnings till end of May minimum. All the best, Al |
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Post by richardfrog on Mar 26, 2015 23:57:30 GMT
I am in Sheffield- average 3 c colder. I am experimenting with white south facing wall of vivarium and black rocks for basking hopefully using sun's rays to maximum effect. I understand there are thriving wall lizard colonies near you. I did not know this until saw a nice green male in Abbotsbury gardens.
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Post by Alex on Mar 27, 2015 9:48:35 GMT
I am in Sheffield- average 3 c colder. I am experimenting with white south facing wall of vivarium and black rocks for basking hopefully using sun's rays to maximum effect. I understand there are thriving wall lizard colonies near you. I did not know this until saw a nice green male in Abbotsbury gardens. There are several colonies of Podarcis here in the Isle of Purbeck, Richard, they're 30 mins walk in either direction from my house!, they're also found in Corfe Castle/Portland/Bournemouth - not hard to find in Dorset. The green lizards I used to see in Bournemouth appear to have been hunted to near extinction - shame on those who have captured them and then sold them on for profit (and yes that includes a couple of forum members on here sadly). |
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Post by lacertid on Oct 29, 2017 13:00:01 GMT
Hi. My name is Ken,and I live in Kent. I have just joined this forum. I have two large, un-heated reptilliary's in my garden, both with small ponds, and I have kept Bombina Orientalis in one for several years with some successful breeding. I have just aquired three young Bombina Bombina that I keep in the other. This rep. contains many Podarcis Muralis and Sicula that breed every year and there are also a couple of Sceleporus Cyanogenys that I purchased this year. These I new nothing about but was informed that they do hibernate but I have since discovered that this is normally for a very short period. Have to see how they do. Also in this rep. there are Triturus Cristatus that are breeding. In the other rep. I have several Timon Lepida, two Stellagama Stellio. After changing the pond for a larger one in this rep. I discovered, hiding beneath, a Pleyrodeles Waltl that I hadn't seen for 2/3 years. This may be the reason I havent had and Bombina tadpoles for a while
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Post by richardfrog on Dec 5, 2017 17:52:19 GMT
I have a property on the Algarve with a pond I made 2 years ago. I keep it full of water. My sharp ribs arrive after the first rains [now] and stay until may. I was expecting them to stay the summer but they leave , presumably to aestivate in a damp spot. This must be deep down as usually no rain for 5 months
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. I will have young available from most of the above in the not too distant future.