reptiles & amphibians

[postsaurischian]

1995 Crested Newt, Salamanders: Fire, Green, Marbled, Red, Yanahlossee.


1997 Mudpuppy

  ... oh man, I'd love to have these.

[SBell]

There were 7 figures in the set--Yonahlosee, Marbled, Red spotted, Mudpuppy, Green, Crested newt and fire salamander (not a Tennessee species, but part of the set according to item numbers).

SBell, I checked my Safari salamanders with a magnifier, and it turns out that my eyes are getting old.  My Mudpuppy is marked 1997 rather than 1995.  What date does your figure show?  Here are photos of all 7 in the Tennessee Aquarium Collection.


1995 Crested Newt, Salamanders: Fire, Green, Marbled, Red, Yanahlossee.


1997 Mudpuppy

I never think of them by date of production--I do, however, try to go by company numbers, and the 7 do have sequential numbers. The mudpuppy is the last in the line, number 2106. (starting at 2100, the order for the rest is fire, green, red, marbled, yonahlosee, newt).

And anyone who doesn't have these should want them. I personally think that, other than maybe freshwater fish, salamanders get a very short stick when it comes to figures (as a percentage of known species).  I'm surprised that with all of the esoteric Japanese series (mushrooms, carnivorous plants, nudibranchs, corals, etc) salamanders have been left behind.

[brontodocus]

Aaaargh, the Tennessee Aquarium Collection... still missing the Marbled Salamander and Mudpuppy. At least the Yohnalossee Salamander and Mudpuppy were also released as part of the Safari Ltd. Translucents:


Of course it isn't the same. I even thought of painting the mudpuppy myself but haven't done so, yet.

Helge, the CollectA Bearded Dragon looks a lot better than expected, I should have bought that one, too. Here's the Safari Ltd. Incredible Creatures version, quite large at 309 mm total length. Looks a little pale so it could be one of those hypomelanistic Pogona vitticeps that are bred in captivity:

[postsaurischian]

   Papo Nile Crocodile with infant .......

[CityRaptor]

Just like in case with their Rexes, the Infant is too big, but just like their Rexes, it is a beautiful sculpt. Really thinking of getting one. Just not sure if normal or Albino...

[SBell]

I just thought I would put this one up--from the original Colorata River Life set, the only salamander they've made so far (and didn't re-release in any form when they re-did the River set, and released the frogs in a box set):



Onychodactylus japonicus, Japanese clawed salamander

[stemturtle]

Kaiyodo 196A Eastern Hakone Salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus

The Colorata Japanese Clawed Salamander is one of the most difficult figures to find.  The belly is marked Hakone Sanshouuo, so I was glad to learn the scientific name.  Frustrated collectors can make do with the Kaiyodo figure until they eventually get lucky on eBay winning the Colorata version.

[SBell]

Kaiyodo 196A Eastern Hakone Salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus

The Colorata Japanese Clawed Salamander is one of the most difficult figures to find.  The belly is marked Hakone Sanshouuo, so I was glad to learn the scientific name.  Frustrated collectors can make due with the Kaiyodo figure until they eventually get lucky on eBay winning the Colorata version.

I think the River Life set may have been among the first Colorata sets--there is no English (words or alphabet) in the booklets, on the box, or anything. I seem to recall hunting the latin down using the Japanese name on the body (the only readable-to-me words) and internet searches.

I am guessing that, at this point, it is a figure more likely to be found by accident in a lot of other figures than on its own--most sellers have the new sets, and the older set wasn't that common.

And so I reiterate again--out of all the groups of organisms made by Japanese companies, why are Caudata ignored so much (never mind gymnophionans--the only figures I have of those are weird little COG figures)?



The rest of the set (reptiles and amphibians) can be seen here: http://picasaweb.google.com/112904805020724311693/COGSmallFigs

[SBell]

Kaiyodo 196A Eastern Hakone Salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus

The Colorata Japanese Clawed Salamander is one of the most difficult figures to find.  The belly is marked Hakone Sanshouuo, so I was glad to learn the scientific name.  Frustrated collectors can make due with the Kaiyodo figure until they eventually get lucky on eBay winning the Colorata version.

I think the River Life set may have been among the first Colorata sets--there is no English (words or alphabet) in the booklets, on the box, or anything. I seem to recall hunting the latin down using the Japanese name on the body (the only readable-to-me words) and internet searches.

I am guessing that, at this point, it is a figure more likely to be found by accident in a lot of other figures than on its own--most sellers have the new sets, and the older set wasn't that common.

And so I reiterate again--out of all the groups of organisms made by Japanese companies, why are Caudata ignored so much (never mind gymnophionans--the only figures I have of those are weird little COG figures)?



The rest of the set (reptiles and amphibians) can be seen here: http://picasaweb.google.com/112904805020724311693/COGSmallFigs

I'm just trying to get the link to work here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/112904805020724311693/COGSmallFigs?authuser=0&feat=directlink

This should work now.

[stemturtle]

I'm just trying to get the link to work here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/112904805020724311693/COGSmallFigs?authuser=0&feat=directlink

This should work now.

Thanks for your efforts to get the link to work, SBell.  Looks like a set of 16. The two caecilians are real treasures.  Maybe they will show up in lots on eBay.

[Gwangi]

Here are my AAA reptiles. I've had the large monitor lizard since I was a kid but the two other lizards and the snake I just got today.

[Jetoar]

My first figures of my collection AAA and I have a lot of sea creatures and some reptiles. Monitor lizard is very acurate and very simnilar to nile monitor

[tyrantqueen]

Those AAA lizards and reptiles are beautiful  They look as though they were cast from real animals :O

I don't collect extant animals but I am sorely tempted by these guys XD

[Gwangi]

Those AAA lizards and reptiles are beautiful  They look as though they were cast from real animals :O

I don't collect extant animals but I am sorely tempted by these guys XD

Actually, I believe they were cast from real (dead) animals. Or so I've been told on this forum anyway.  I don't collect extant animals either but when I saw these guys I had to have them, especially since they go right along with the one I already had.

If anyone knows the exact species they represent I would appreciate it. The monitor lizards simply say "monitor lizards" on the bottom (Jetoar did mention the Nile monitor) and the snake simply says "snake". The green lizard says "iguana" but it looks more like a Chinese water lizard to me.

[Zopteryx]

The green lizard is a Green (aka: Chinese) Water Dragon.  The others I'm not sure on. The gray monitor looks like a Savannah Monitor, while the other could be Nile Monitor.  I'm clueless on the snake, the head looks like that of an elapid, perhaps a mamba species?