Amphibians having a tail - tritons made habitable nature corners long ago. It is possible to watch for hours life of these beautiful animals – their surprising metamorphoses, effective mating dance. Among fans of domestic Amphibia smooth and edge types enjoy wide popularity. At the correct leaving these relatives of salamanders are capable to live in the house not one decade. If you decided to get the whole brood of tritons, learn to distinguish a male from a female.
It is required to you
- - two or several individuals of one age;
- - aquarium with seaweed.
Instruction
1. Wait when the amphibian reaches mature age. Usually it comes after the third wintering. The spring is a time of mating dance during which it is the simplest to define a sex of a triton. In the nature for reproduction the Amphibia go down in reservoirs when they heat up to +8 degrees. Pets in April need to be let out in an aquarium, and it is possible to watch their actions.
2. Try to distinguish a male of a triton from a female on some external signs. Among Amphibia of one age the difference at a rate of individuals can be observed. As a rule, females of an ordinary (smooth) triton much more small, they have shorter extremities and a tail. The head of "men" massive, and at "women" - is less. At a way of sex determination of an edge type by the size of an individual can not work – adult females and males are often very similar.
3. Important distinctive sign of a male of any triton – the orange-blue crest on a back covered with network of blood vessels. It reaches from a nape for a tail. In usual time this ornament is a little noticeable, but during the marriage period strongly expands. It attracts individuals of an opposite sex and helps skin breath during water "weddings". At ordinary tritons a comb continuous, wavy; at edge – faltering, with pronounced teeth.
4. At edge tritons males you can see the white-blue strip lasting along a tail. On spring it is shown more accurately. Male amphibians of both types before reproduction have also other metamorphoses – bladed fringes membranes between fingers appear.
5. "Man" - a triton on spring is poured in multi-colored bright colors, sometimes on scallops of a crest the nacreous gloss appears. "Women" have no such ornament, noticeable changes of a body do not happen, however their spring color nevertheless becomes a little more elegant.
6. Take a mature triton in a hand and turn his top a paunch. Differences in genitals of Amphibia especially are evident during the marriage period – at males the foul place swells up a little in the form of a noticeable hillock. It is the main sign of sex determination of tritons which will not allow you to be mistaken.
7. Observe behavior of Amphibia in an aquarium. During long mating dance it is easy to guess what floor "players". Put capacity in the cool place that temperature was optimum for spawning – 10 degrees. When floating individuals approach, the male begins to behave very actively. It vibrates a tail, sniffs at a muzzle of a female, rubs nostrils about her throat and even dances, doing a rack on forepaws.
8. When the girlfriend shows interest, the triton throws out spermatofor and drives water towards a female. That picks up seed material edges of a foul place. During spawning careful mother will accurately wrap each berry in leaves of seaweed, to hide future cubs in a moss and snags.