ajbroome Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/alpinenewt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reuben.a Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 wow stunning species though !drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocada Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Damn i was in waihi last weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Wow, they are stunning. Please MPI leave them here &c:ry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonz1833 Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 yeah they do look nice indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 it's a dinosaur - an icthyosaur :nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 pretty, but id rather a hochstetters any day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocada Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 pretty, but id rather a hochstetters any day True but after seeing waihi/coromandel last summer i think the newts will mostly be feed from bell frogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 If elimination is not feasible, efforts will be to slow the spread of the species from this area. how do you slow down the spread of lizards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insectile Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 how do you slow down the spread of lizards? *Newts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 They will erect signs telling the newts that they can't leave the area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 are they sure they are european alpine newts and not chinese or japanese firebelly newts ? they look similar (except the males in heat) and we have the firebellies here. google: Bergmolch and look at the pictures of the male ones in heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 They are lucky with the location. They will either be that hi from da erb that they wont be able to breed or they will all fall down the bottomless sink hole and be lost forever. I have newts but give me native frogs any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reuben.a Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 but give me native frogs any day. but thats the thing...we cant have native frogs i personally think it would be great if we had more wild amphibians in NZ. i don't hate MPI but i think they make some stupid decisions at times. almost selfish decisions. our reptiles and amphibians are very limited in NZ and that needs to change. i don't at all support illegal smuggling etc but i do hope that some day we have more of a variety of reptiles and amphibians. i do understand some of these introduced species have a negative effect on our native animals but there are other species that can not survive our climate and eat only small insects etc etc. just my view on it. i don't mean to start an argument :gigl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Amphibians are capable of living in the same environment as our native frogs and competing for food or eating them, because they have have existed so long in isolation they will not have the ability to cope with a change in thier habitat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 so,where did they come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 so,where did they come from? can only ass ume alpine europe :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 so,do they have the appropriate tourist visas,passports etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 can only ass ume alpine europe :slfg: I didn't bring them 30 years ago you could find them all over Switzerland, where there was some water there they were, not sure if they still are that wide spread nowadays, I doubt it. kept many of them in my youth, very clever escape artists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotic Aquatics Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 we would love a pair of these newts we currently have a breeding pair of Chinese fire bellied newts allways looking for more lol https://www.facebook.com/ExotikAquatiksNZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young leos Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 LOOK NICER THAN ANY NEWTS WE CAN GET :env: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 You will be able to introduce yourself to MPI before your free holiday starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 has anyone any news about these newts ? a nice little video which shows what they do when they're doing it http://www.froschnetz.ch/bilder/video_paarungsritual_bergmolche.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Amphibians are capable of living in the same environment as our native frogs and competing for food or eating them, because they have have existed so long in isolation they will not have the ability to cope with a change in thier habitat. that's what they do, they eat frog spawn, but our native frogs should be save as they do not just lay their eggs and bugger off, they look after their offspring and the introduced ones, too many everywhere anyway the bigger problem nowadays with importing amphibians is chytrid-fungus which can kill whole populations in a short time if the amphibians are already 'stressed' and 'weakened' because of other enviromental influences such as raising temperatures or lack of rain as examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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