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Post by viridis on Apr 5, 2010 17:20:30 GMT
I am sorry that I dont know for sure,they may be infertile but I believe that the two species will crossbreed.Unfortunately both species are not easy to come by and you may have to look to Europe.You could try an advert on here or on the other forums but European herps are very difficult to obtain as you know.
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Post by viridis on Apr 4, 2010 20:48:45 GMT
Chris , I certainly would not let billineata and trillineata breed with each other,they are definately different species.I woud separate them immediately,although I think that they are closey enough related to produce viable offspring. With regard to billineata and viridis there is much debate about these.From what I can see on the internet and books they are closey linked and are very variable with both "species" having characteristics of the other depending on locality.
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Post by viridis on Apr 3, 2010 13:14:48 GMT
I saw some of my bilineata and muralis out today.this surprised me as the temperature was only about 10 celcius. Clemmys do you have to be careful with your vivarium ,4mm glass is very thin? Is it one sheet per side?
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Post by viridis on Mar 19, 2010 15:54:09 GMT
I didnt see many European herps at Hamm.I guess it has been a cold winter on the continent.I was looking for a few lacertids but Autumn is better.
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Post by viridis on Mar 16, 2010 23:13:48 GMT
Looks good Clemys. What type and thickness of glass have you used?What do you fix the glass to at the base?Do you cover the open air piece to stop bird and cat attacks?Just curious as I want to build some outdoor enclosures.
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Post by viridis on Mar 15, 2010 20:29:03 GMT
My vivaria/coldframes have one mesh side and open or mesh tops depending on the weather.Its not easy though as I know that I will have to do something else for my muralis as they will soon clamber up the mesh and escape.
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Post by viridis on Mar 15, 2010 15:17:11 GMT
Its strange that they charge so much for the European Amphibians as I would have thought that the market was pretty small.Dont mention the prices of the Fire Salamanders!!!Yet you can buy venemous at a fraction of the price. Anyway back to the subject Greek and Turkish viridis are the nicest ones that I have seen.They often have red stippling as well.Ages ago I saw some nice ones in Crete,a good size as well.
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Post by viridis on Mar 15, 2010 12:58:40 GMT
Wow.Over at Hamm at the weekend the Green Toads were 50 Euros each.Its cheeper to buy Dartfrogs.
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Post by viridis on Mar 15, 2010 12:48:15 GMT
I have had odments out,the muralis seem very active. A query Chris, is it good for the animals to go from the cold to the high eighties in such a short time?I havent been keeping reptiles outside for long but my cold frames have plenty of ventilatoin on the sides to make sure that the temperatures do not rise too quickly.This may have had the converse effect in the winter as the temperatures were very cold.I would appreciate your thoughts.
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Post by viridis on Mar 15, 2010 12:39:02 GMT
Unfortunately not now.I used to keep them about twenty years ago and I found them pretty easy to keep and breed.At the time I kept them with European Treefrogs, bred loads of them but no one wanted the offspring.I bet it would be different now !!!
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Post by viridis on Mar 8, 2010 20:56:59 GMT
Does anyone on here keep them?
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Post by viridis on Mar 8, 2010 20:54:09 GMT
I tend to use the Fru lemon cheesecake ramekins.Not cheep but they taste great and the waistline is expanding!!!!
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