Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
It's about time for a video of my group of Hida salamanders, Hynobius kimurae! I keep this group since spring and they're doing fine. I hope they'll breed in the next months, that would be amazing.
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General Information on Hynobius kimurae:
"The Hida salamander (Hynobius kimurae) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, the Asiatic salamanders. It is endemic to Japan. It lives in deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests, where it breeds in streams."
Site "Hida salamander". (2017, October 23). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:13, November 25, 2017, from en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hida_salamander&oldid=806660744
Filmed with an Olympus TG-2 Tough Edition
Song: Wicked Things by Quincas Moreira
It's about time for a video of my group of Hida salamanders, Hynobius kimurae! I keep this group since spring and they're doing fine. I hope they'll breed in the next months, that would be amazing.
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General Information on Hynobius kimurae:
"The Hida salamander (Hynobius kimurae) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, the Asiatic salamanders. It is endemic to Japan. It lives in deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests, where it breeds in streams."
Site "Hida salamander". (2017, October 23). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:13, November 25, 2017, from en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hida_salamander&oldid=806660744
Filmed with an Olympus TG-2 Tough Edition
Song: Wicked Things by Quincas Moreira









![Dice Snake Underwater Feeding (Natrix tessellata)
Its been quite a while since I posted my last video.. So I decided Ill start with sharing a really cool feeding video with you, an underwater feeding of dice snakes. :) I hope youll enjoy it!
The food items in this video are frozen smelts, powdered with supplements containing vitamin b. Normally the snakes are fed on land so the powder wont get rinsed off.
General Information on Dice Snakes:
The dice snake (Natrix tessellata) is a Eurasian nonvenomous snake belonging to the family Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae. It is also called water snake.
Females are bigger than males. Their typical size is 1.0–1.3 m (39–51 in) long. Their color may vary from greyish green to brownish or almost black, with dark spots on the back. The belly is sometimes vividly coloured in yellow or orange, with black spots, very similar to dice, hence the name.
Living mainly near rivers, streams and lakes, it frequently feeds on fish. Sometimes, it feeds also on amphibians such as frogs, toads, and tadpoles.
Classified as nonvenomous, N. tessellata produces a potent antihemorrhagin in its serum[4] and has been said to produce a neurotoxin through a gland in its mouth.[5] As a defence, it spreads a very bad-smelling secretion from its cloaca. Another defence mechanism is thanatosis, playing dead.
During the mating season (March–May), they congregate in large groups. Egg-laying is usually in July, and one clutch consists of 10–30 eggs. The young snakes hatch in early September.
Dice snakes hibernate from October to April in dry holes near the water.
Wikipedia contributors. (2022, February 21). Dice snake. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:34, September 19, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dice_snake&oldid=1073221267
Filmed with an Olympus TG-2 Tough Edition
Song: Inspired (Instrumental) by NEFFEX Dice Snake Underwater Feeding (Natrix tessellata)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vJx1RzRYCBY/mqdefault.jpg)
