Fire Belly Newt Paludarium
In the wild the chinese fire belly newt is found at low and middle elevations around slow moving bodies of water in china while the japanese fire belly newt is found in similar locations throughout japan.
Fire belly newt paludarium. Before you get a newt to keep as a pet educate yourself on their lifestyle and habits and prepare an appropriate habitat to ensure that your newt will live a long and happy life. Common name chinese fire belly newt oriental fire bellied newt. Care should be taken to wash one s hands after handling this species.
They have less obvious parotid glands than the similar japanese fire bellied newt cynops pyrrhogaster. Chinese fire bellied newts have a black dorsum and a brightly colored orange or red belly hence the common name. The beginning of the paludarium more cleaning scraping planting and scapin.
Scientific name cynops orientalis hypselotriton orientalis triton orientalis. The chinese fire belly newt also called the oriental fire belly newt and the japanese fire belly newt are some of the most common amphibians sold as pets. On land it s good to have stacked rocks that rise above the water.
Chinese fire belly newt cynops orientalis tweet. About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy safety how youtube works test new features press copyright contact us creators. I think these fire belly newts are the japanese variety cynops pyrrhogaster.
Fire bellied newts are small amphibians that make great pets and are a wise choice for first time amphibian owners. In some cases a specimen will refuse to go into the. These species like floating plants and dense vegetation.