Hm. Jag hittade iaf det här om en närbesläktad art, Cynops ensicauda, och det finns ingen anledning att tro att Cynops pyrrhogaster är mer kortlivad:
"I started with two adult pairs purchased in 1983. Presently three of these individuals are still alive (January 1998). I acquired more specimens via the pet trade in 1989 and kept them and their offspring, until 1997. Most of the animals that I caught as adults in 1993 are alive and reproducing yearly until today. This species can reach a respectable age. Thorn (1968) reports an individual of 20 years old. Animals whose origin can be traced back to 1957 and which possibly originated from specimens bred by Gerlach (1934), are still alive in the collection of Wolfgang Mudrack in Berlin (W. Mudrack, pers. comm, October 1997)."
Vad gäller odling... Jag har aldrig odlat eldbukar, men jag har odlat Paramesotriton hongkongensis, och de gick till lek på vårkanten efter det att akvariet stått på vår frostfria balkong på vintern, fast tyvärr åt de upp sina ägg. Det verkar vara ungefär samma rutin med eldbukar:
"The males come into breeding condition every year; courtship can be observed from November to May; egg-laying has been irregular. Other forms than the Sasayama race, the collection locality of which was unknown, have not reproduced in my aquariums. To come into breeding condition, this species requires a period of hibernation, with temperatures falling to about 5°C. If the room or the aquarium cannot be cooled, the animals can be kept in a refrigerator in small plastic boxes filled with moss during the winter. The humidity must then be checked regularly. Eggs are best removed to avoid predation by the parents. Usually a few eggs escape predation and develop well in the parental aquarium. I once reared a few juveniles in a small plastic box furnished with pieces of cork bark and sphagnum for shelter. Food consisted of Tubifex, small earthworms and insects, held before the snout of the juveniles. These reached adult size in three years."
