r/salamanders

I spooked this little guy while mowing my grass and he ran up the side of my house. I’ve never seen a salamander in person before. I’m curious what kind it is.

A cute little guy in my natural bio-active outdoor terrarium. I called him/her Enigk (or puppy) and gave it a safe space to heal an injury, before releasing back to the exact spot I found it, by a fallen tree near a vernal pool. Gorgeous creatures.

I've had this salamander all its life so far- about 2-3 months. It started out in a fishbowl and I have since moved it into a 5g tank with a sponge filter, a piece of driftwood and some hornwort(Java fern is otw).

I've kept it alive for months now, yet I don't feel as if I'm giving it the best care I could give. Is there anything wrong with my setup? what's worked well for others who have cared for larvae?

So at one of the new properties I work at In northern CO I found a few Tigers in the irrigation system valve boxes. They seem healthy and it's plenty moist in there with a variety of worms/pill bugs/snails/tiny toads for them to eat but im not 100% whether they had burouged into them and choose these spots as their underground hideout fron the sun. Discovered them about a month ago and returned to them again upon returning to service the system again alive and heathy. Should I take them out and release them close by at the wetland close by? (It's very dry right now and I don't know if that a good option.) (Also didn't know not to touch them but my hand had been in clay mud and drenched with water on and off for hours before that.) Should I just leave them in there???

I found this little guy about an hour ago while walking my dog. I live in the Southern Appalachia region of the US in what could be considered a rainforest. The grey specks on the back are dirt, I know the picture quality isn't the greatest. Looking at it in person, it very much appears to be a black salamander that's "almost extinct" (he said having done VERY little research). For anyone curious or clutching pearls, I took these two pictures and went on my merry way and left the salamander to its own devices. Just curious if this is something I should report or monitor or whatever people do when they find cool species like this.

found in the southern Appalachian foothills. my rarest salamander find and rarest inaturalist observation, with only 48 observations!

Post waxworms delight..

My Pygmy Marbled Newt chillin on a biophytum

He felt photogenic today and let me get really close with the camera

Found this little guy in the middle of the road. I moved him to a nice little puddle out of danger though! 😃

I have had Mr. Buttons for about 2.5 days now.

He is still pretty weak. But he is moving. Every time I check on him (about every three times a day), he is in a new spot.

His color is pretty dull and he hasn’t eaten to my knowledge. He doesnt react to anything. I thought he was dead this morning and poked him with a leaf. He didnt move at all. But I checked on him just now and he moved from his spot, so he’s alive.

I noticed his eyes look a little weird. Whenever I see pictures of eastern newt efts they have very prominent eyes. His look like they are covered. Maybe he is constantly closing his eyes?

I was weed eating and saw this little feller. Located in west virginia

I found a newt (Mr. Buttons) in my pool around 10am this morning. When I took him out, he seemed very weak. I rinsed him off with normal water (since my pool has chlorine) and he hardly moved.

So I moved him into a 10 gallon tank I have. I wanted him to get a little stronger before releasing him. The room is really dark and quiet. I put dirt, tiny worms, bark, moss, and leaves in there. I also misted it a bit. It was very quickly thrown together because I had to leave.

But now I have come back after seven hours and he has hardly moved. I poked him with a leaf and he only slightly moved his head. He didn’t move his legs or try to crawl away. So he is definitely alive.

I don’t know what to do. He seems so weak. Do you think he will get better? Is there anything I should add to his tank to make him happier?

i found this eastern newt who had fallen into a cement pit that connects to a drainage pipe. it became very skinny down there and has a severely infected wound over the head and eye. i took it home because i live in an area with no amphibian vets or rescue organizations. the fuzz has fallen off the wound and the first pic is what it looks like now, and i cant tell if what im seeing is the skull? the other pics are what it looked like when i found it. i finally got it to eat blood worms today, but i generally dont know what to do. i would euthanize, but i dont know what the most humane method is since there are no vets anywhere in my state to take it to. i felt responsible to take it since the injury is due to a man made structure.