Triton Karelina is considered attractive, interesting, interesting and amenable to domestication. The amphibian lives both in mountain forests and in clearings, meadows, relatively arid regions. Most often, you can meet an animal in the territory of the Caucasus, Iran, Eurasia, Asia Minor.
Features of appearance
Karelin tritons occupy leading places among relatives in size. E amphibians can grow up to 18 cm in length. Females of representatives of the family of real salamander are greater than male individuals. Tritons can have a dark brown or black color. Animal belly is yellowish, the body is covered with spots. The length of the tail of amphibian is almost equal to body length. Males can be distinguished from females in a wide motherofpearl strip, which runs in the middle.
Karelin’s newtons have a wide head, a middlesized comb, a skin rough to the touch with tubercles.
Life and diet
Tyton of this species love to walk and hunt early in the morning and in the evening hours. In water, amphibians can be located all day. Starting from September-October, animals fall into hibernation. They can winter alone or in small groups. Tritons find abandoned holes hidden from enemies of the area as a shelter. In March, animals awaken and begin marriage games. After fertilization, the newtons lead a predominantly earthly lifestyle, adapting to habitat conditions.
Triton Karelin is a predator. All individuals feed on invertebrates, both on land and in water. The diet consists of rainworms, spiders, mollusks, insects, floodplains, traces. In terrariums, amphibians are fed with bloodworms, cortetra.
Marriage games and reproduction
After waking up, when the water warms up to 10 degrees, the newtons begin marriage games. The place of fertilization is selected swamps, lakes, ponds with abundant vegetation. Adults reach puberty at 3-4 years of life.
Trinons are in water for about 3-4 months, on average from March to June. During this time, the male fertilizes the female, and the future mother puts it up to 300 eggs (up to 4 mm in diameter), having a greenish color. The development of babies lasts up to 150 days. Even after propagation, amphibians remain in the water. Many larvae are prone to extinction. Kids feed on invertebrates, they can also eat each other.
In early September, young animals leave the water and goes ashore. Already in October, the cubs are hibernated.
