My Tiger Sally

**kiwitwist** · 09-20-2006, 07:23 PM

Well, my siren had it's own thread, so I figured I'd post some piccys of my beloved, Ginui. No idea if it's a guy or a girl, so I just assume it's a guy. He is very photogenic, I love him so!

There are MANY more, if you'd like to take a loook... All pictures of my tiger salamander and my siren can be found here:

http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/

<3 <3 <3 <3 My salamanders!!!

**ajvw** · 09-20-2006, 07:59 PM

That is one chubby, CUUUUUTE little salamander!! Thanks for sharing!

**mshrmheadcharge** · 09-20-2006, 08:01 PM

Oh my, what a little chubbers he is! Great pics!

**kiwitwist** · 09-20-2006, 08:03 PM

Yeah, he was having a "fat day"... He's out right now lookin for food, I only gave him one cricket cause the rest of them died before he came back up to claim them, bah! He's pretty chubby, so I don't think it will hurt him...

**mshrmheadcharge** · 09-20-2006, 08:05 PM

He is pretty chubby, it shouldnt hurt him lol. Hes such a cutie

**Colleen** · 09-20-2006, 08:09 PM

What a cutie...a well fed cutie.

**DarkMagician207** · 09-20-2006, 08:59 PM

very cute. thanks for sharing.

**furryscaly** · 09-20-2006, 09:51 PM

Nice sally!

An eastern tiger to be exact (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum). I have a blotched tiger salamander myself (Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum). I've had him for at least 13-15 years, and caught him as a sub-adult, so be prepared to have yours a while

Here are some pics I took of various species so you can try and sex yours:

male tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum)

male Japanese fire-bellied newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)

female rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa)

Sorry for the blurry pic. Notice the swollen cloacas of the males and the relatively smaller cloaca of the female.

Just for good measure, here's a picture of my sally as well, Tiger (very original name, I know

). He's a bit large.

**kiwitwist** · 09-20-2006, 09:57 PM

Hmm.. is it old enough to tell? Cause I haven't noticed swolleness.. Does that make Ginui a... she??? I'm pretty sure he/she/it isn't even a year old yet. I got it last spring break, and they had only had them there for about a month or two, and when they got them, they hadn't morphed yet, so I'm assuming pretty young... I dunno, maybe around 7 months or so? I'm horrible with dates and keeping track of things... Or is more of a, once it's morphed you can tell type of deal??

I was told it was a Texas barred tiger salamander.... Is that the same as an eastern? Or different? I keep seeing different classifications for these too, like they changed it for some reason... I don't know.