Types of Salamanders

I have a salamander I got a week before Halloween. I found him in the woods in Oakridge. He is a tanish brown on the top and a dark orange on the bottom. His colors were brighter when I found him, it seems like they have darkened since I got him. Is that a bad thing? I'm keeping my salamander in a tank without a lid, on my back porch. He has about two inches of water in the bottom of the tank. He also has a banana peel, two rocks, a ladybug [dead], and some fish food I put in about 45 min ago. He is cute and fun! My mom hates him so I can't bring him in the house. His name is pumpkin pie. Please help me how ever you can to help him.

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I found an orange-ish red salamander about 8 inches long with black spots. I never saw one like this before. Was wondering if this is a rare find and what type it may be?

I found a salamander on the east coast of Quebec, just below Labrador. It is black with yellow spots. Anyone know what kind of salamander this might be?

Okay, I have a brown salamander with a rectangular shape to its figure. What kind is he? [p.s he is a baby]. And can a green Anole lizard live with a salamander? I also have two heating lamps. Does my salamander need one? I am looking for an expert two answer this. Or if your sure of your answer, help me!!

I need to know if my lizard is a salamander and if it is - can it eat carrots?

I found it in my house. It's black with yellow stripes on the way down his back and blue on his tail. Can someone tell me if it's poisonous or not? Can't seem to catch him, so what do I do now?

I just found a salamander and I'm not sure what type it is. It has blacky brown sides that almost look like a rattle snake. And then a light goldy beige back. With an arrow head shaped head. If anyone knows what type it is it would be awesome to know! (:

I am trying to figure out if I can put a blue spotted salamander in with a yellow spotted one!? Please help! I can't find any info to tell me if two different kinds will get along okay!

I found a 12" salamander and when it is frightened it blows fire, anyone know what kind it might be?

I need to know if you can put 2 female salamanders in the same cage. Also, if you put males in the same cage will they fight?

Okay there are lots of salamanders at my house but I don't know what kids they are! My kids are always out playing and I want to make sure they don't hurt them. They are black with a light brown underbelly, some have tiny spots while others don't. They are about 3-4 inches long. Can you help me?

Ok, so I found this salamander underneath an old hay bale half covered in the dirt, it was very moist were I found him. I live in Kentucky and was wondering what type of salamander it was? It has a yellowish belly with a dark brown/dark green top side with very light yellow spots on the back. I also want to know what it eats. I thought crickets or worms but I'm not sure.

I have 12 salamanders/newts in a fish tank right now. I found them in a lake. They are greenish brown on the back with orange spots and they have yellow spotted bellys and like a transluscent yellow tail, and in the center of the tail it's just like their back. I want to know what type it is. It's around 2" not including the tail. Also what does it mean when their tummies are fat?

I caught a painted turtle and it was a male. It was so cool.

Same thing happened to me. But I found one and kept it. I found mine in the woods. I've been trying to feed it earth worms and insects and find out what it drinks. For now I gave it water - so if someone has a better suggestion then please comment on this poor people's quest to save a cute little critter!

They eat worms, meal worms, crickets (live; before you feed them to your salamander keep them some where else to restore nutrients and feed them dog food, weird I know), night crawlers, leaf worms, red worms, and black worms. Hope this helps! Smiling You should find out what kind they are because they might be semi-salamanders meaning that they need water and land to live. Also you should put them in seperate cages.

Well, it eats bugs. So just feed it stuff like crickets from a pet store.

In my experience, you can feed your salamander:

• worms
• centipedes
• crickets
• spiders
• earthworms
• slugs
• insopods (potato bugs, pill bugs)

That's about it. Good luck with your salamander!

Well they eat fish food and will sometimes eat small fruit flies. Just give it some fresher water. Not too muddy it might not be a water salamander it could be a newt. I'm not an expert but I just got 12 salamanders myself and I need to know what it means when they're really fat. I think it means eggs are on the way.

Okay, I found this salemanders in the woods while I was mushroom hunting and I don't know anything about it. It's brownish black and about 3 inches long and looks like a snake with legs. I put it in a big cage with muddy water and grass with a rock in the middle. But I don't know what it eats. HELP!

I found two salamanders, one is a brownish color with a golden brown back and the other is solid black. They are 2 inches long. I am currently using a glass cage I had for two Anole lizards and I still have a mini tree and a bush thingy that sticks to the glass with a suction cup.

I also have new mulch or dirt or what ever you want to call it I got at Petco for my other lizards. I also have day/night lamps that I used with my other lizards. I am hoping I have everything I need besides food. So if you could tell me what type they are, what they eat, and what I need to do to their cage like spray it with water or anything like that I would apriciate it and I'm sure they would too.

Hey I found two salamanders outside and they're about 2 inches long, and one of them is a brownish color with a golden brown back and the other one is completely black. Can anyone tell me what type of salamanders they are? I used to have two Anole lizards, but I still have the cage, heating day/night lamps, water bowl/rock, spray bottle, mini trees, and thermometer. Can you also tell me the temperature and humidity the cage should be, what they eat, and how often I need to clean the cage?

Hi, my friend found 2 salamanders under a log at school today and I was wondering what kind it was and what it ate. I wanted to get one and it has a reddish pink with a little gray on top and same color on the bottom. Could you tell me what it ate so I could see if I could have one? Thanks.

I have one and I can't find anything on it Sad Help me out? It's a dark brown with a stripe of dark yellowish-brown from its head to tale, and it has little white dots everywhere. I found it in our ditch, which is dried out right now.

I found a salamander in a cold creek. It is pretty small, about 3" long and brown. I Didn't see it in detail because it was very quick but I was wondering what type it may be. Thank YOU!

The salamander I have is... Well I don't really have him. He lives outside but everyday I will try to pick them up (there's 3). And everyday I try to tame them because they're wild. But anyway, they are brown on the top and black on the sides. So if you could tell me what type they are I would greatly appreciate it!!!

~Robyn C.

Okay my uncle came home from Kentucky on a work trip and he brought me and my little brother a salamander. It's black with many yellow stripes going all the way around its back. Its belly is yellow, and it's got a narrow nose. It's approximately 5 inches long. Any idea what kind of salamander this might be? Please help.

My dog just caught what I think is a salamander. It is approx 4" long and has the marks and coloring of a garter snake. Does anyone know what it is??

I found a red and black salamander under a rock in the woods near my house. I gave it a worm to eat.

I found a small salamander today that has a gray stomach and black back with brown eyes. He is approximately 3 inches long and very lively. What type of salamander is he?

I found a little gray salamander about 3 inches long. He has a gray belly too. When I put him in a little warm water he curled up with his mouth open, does that mean he doesn't like water?

I found four little salamanders today and I was wondering what species they were and what they eat.

The first and second are black with a greyish stomach all the way down to it's tail, although the underside of their chin chin is slightly yellow.

The other two are really really dark blue (or black) with an orange stripe doing down their backs. In the orange stripe, there's a smaller brownish stripe. they also have a greyish stomach.

They're really small so I think they're babies (although it's almost winter, so I don't know how they hatched) Please help!!

My sister found me a Salamander a few days ago. I've been feeding it worms and insects. It likes them, but I'm wondering what kind of Salamander I might have here? It's black with light blue all over on its tail and sides, but not too many on his back? Can you reply and tell me what kind it is and how to take care of it please.

Thanks.

I found this salamander in my back yard. It is brownish pink but the belly is white. I have it in an old tank with damp wood chips, about six to seven inches long.

What should I feed it? And is this the type of habitat it lives in? Please help me, I'd love to keep it. Send me an email @ raudeltovar at yahoo dot com.

Thank you.

I think salamanders are cool!

Okay my son just got a salamander outside. The salamander's stomach is a pretty yellow with black spots, and the top is green with spots that are bright orange with black outlined on the orange.

Now my son wants to keep it, so we are putting it in a fish tank with rocks, water, grass, and branches. But I have problems. What kind of reptile/ salamander is it? What do I feed it?

Right now I have worms in the tank with him but he doesn't seem to be eating them, and I don't know what else to do. I do know I can't let my son's first reptile pet die.

Can someone please help me!!!!!!

Hi,

Today I found a little red salamander in my moss bag I bought at the nursery. I use the moss to build my moss baskets with. The poor little thing was hiding under a large piece of moss. He or she looks like a snake at first but then you see his/her legs. His head has a very snake like look to it.

I would like to help this creature to live and wonder if somebody can give me some advice as to what type of salamander it is and what I need to give it to be able to survive.

Presently it is under a large fountain I have in our back yard. It's very moist there and I put layers of moss under it and will place rotting logs under there as well. There will be plenty of bug and worms under there too. I would appreciate any help I can get with this problem and if anyone can help me how I can keep this very interesting little creature alive.

Thank you,
Loraine Greene