Amphibian

Red-spotted Newt Notophthalmus viridescens

This entry was posted in Amphibians Newt Care Venom and tagged Amphibian eft newt red eft Red-spotted newt on April 8, 2010 by John F Taylor

Rafinesque originally described the Red-spotted Newt Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens and the Peninsula Newt Notophthalmus viridescens piaropicola in 1820. Since that time, two other subspecies of the genus Notophthalmus have been described. For the sake of completeness, they are the Central Newt Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis, which was originally described by Wolterstorff in 1914 and the Broken Stripe Newt Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis as described by Harlan in 1828[i].

Red-Legged Walking Frog Kassina maculata

This entry was posted in Amphibian Care Amphibians Frog Care and tagged Amphibian frog Hyperoliidae Madagascar on April 4, 2010 by John F Taylor

The Red Legged Walking Frog K. maculata is best described as having an overall grayish ground color with dark black spots or ovals sometimes called ocelli; Surrounding these are lighter circles and or margins. Adults reach a size of 6.5 cm and in the wild; they inhabit a tropical rainforest type of environment.

Spanish Ribbed Newt Pleurodeles waltl

This entry was posted in Amphibian Care Amphibians Newt Care and tagged Amphibian aquatic newt paratoid Ribbed Newt ribbed newt care Ribbed Newts Spanish Ribbed Newt on April 4, 2010 by John F Taylor

When it comes to decorating the enclosure of the Spanish Ribbed Newt Pleurodeles waltl, you must consider whether you want live or artificial plants. Whichever way you choose to go, you should plant very heavily. As I have said elsewhere in this Blog, any of the fish safe aquarium plants will work just fine.