Breeding Marbled Newts

In captivity these newts can be easily kept in a simple glass terrarium.

Breeding marbled newts.

Breeding males have a large wavy crest that runs from its neck down to the tip of its tail but is. Up to 25 years in captivity. Breeding males have a large wavy crest that runs from its neck down to the tip of its tail but is a little bit shorter where the tail meets the body. It has a robust appearance with a large head and any confusion with the crested newt can be distinguished by the size of their head and the bold colouration of the body which is a vivid green marked with black spots.

Marbled newts are one of the larger newts in france the male grows to 14 cm and the female to 17 cm. The crest is striped yellowish white with black. Marbled newts live throughout most of france and northern spain west to the top third of portugal. In the warmer and drier parts of spain and portugal the breeding season coincides with the cool and wet months of the year mid winter.

Marbled newts females and juveniles are similar. Marbled newts have dark brown or black bodies with irregular patterns of green. They commence to make their way to the water for reproduction in february until mid may where a female lays around 400 eggs which hatch after about 16 days metamorphosis follows in 2 to 3 months. They have black bellies with off white specks.

Early to late spring. They have black bellies with off white specks. Origin southern europe including portugal spain and france environment. 2 to 3 months.

In the wild and during spring each year the newts would naturally move from their terrestrial state into pools and streams to breed. Marbled newts have dark brown or black bodies with irregular patterns of green. Juveniles also have this stripe but it fades on males at about 9 months. Adult marbled newts are from 5 inches 13 cm to 6 5 inches 17 cm long.

Breeding usually takes place from early to late spring late february to late may in northern france though it varies greatly with habitat and latitude. Marbled newt triturus marmoratus a large robust and beautiful european species of newt that is easy to keep and breed. The marbled newt is a mainly terrestrial newt native to europe. Its distribution extends from france to spain and part of norther portugal although it is not present in the pyrenees.

The base colouration is characterised by black or brownish tones with the characterising green marbled pattern. Adult females have an orange stripe running down the back from the head to the tip of the tail. Oviparous egg laying clutch size.