r/salamanders • • 22h ago

Cave Salamanders at Blanchard Springs Caverns, Arkansas

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36 Upvotes

r/salamanders • • 1d ago

Smolamander

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229 Upvotes

Found in backyard, Hudson NY

When I first saw it, I thought it was just a tail, to my surprise, the whole kit n kaboodle.


r/salamanders • • 2d ago

just a few recent road cruising finds! highly recommend going out on rainy nights to help these guys cross the roads!

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  1. red salamander
  2. Atlantic coast slimy salamander
  3. three-lined salamander
  4. eastern newt
  5. marbled salamander

went road cruising twice in the last couple weeks on rainy nights and found twelve sally species :) I moved over 120 individuals (not counting all the frogs, too) across the road so they wouldn’t get hit, although a handful had already met their fate unfortunately. it really felt great to be able to help so many though, especially because a lot of the marbleds were gravid!

like the title says, I highly recommend going out to rural roads on rainy nights (wearing bright, reflective colors, using a flashlight, and watching for cars) to move these friends across the road in the direction they’re going. there’s so many little lives that need saving during this migration season! it’s not only extremely fun, but also incredibly helpful and rewarding :)


r/salamanders • • 1d ago

My first Marbled

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64 Upvotes

I always told myself I’d only have black and white pets. In a perfect world, I’d have a California King snake and Dalmatian Mollies (fish)). This friend was this close to joining the dream life. However, I let them on their merry way instead, of course. How cute!


r/salamanders • • 1d ago

My salamander is very bad at hunting - I am worried about his food intake

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Hi, so I am looking for tips to help him feed.

He is a white spanish ribbed newt and his terrarium setup is a bioactive with sand and plants. Water stats are good when I test. I feed him live earthworms, blood worms and pallets. Have had him and another one together for about 2 years. His coloring looks normal: pink, no weird spots. Feeding schedule is twice a week.

I see him searching for food, sniffing around in the sand, getting closer to the food. Sometimes he is so close but then he missed the bite. Other times it looks like he "loses the scent" and starts searching in the wrong direction. He looks kind off blind?

His counterpart: a dark grey female has no issues at all. She picks the food up easily. You can see a big difference in their size by now because the boy is just not eating that much.

I have been trying putting him in a seperate container for feeding, but it got so bad that in the 5 hours he has been last in there; he caught only 1 small earthworm. I am starting to get worried, because before his weight stayed the same, but now he seems to be getting skinnier and skinnier.

Unfortunately there is no specialized vet here that handles salamanders. Any help is very welcome.


r/salamanders • • 2d ago

Lots of ringed sallies crossing backroads following the recent rains

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98 Upvotes

r/salamanders • • 2d ago

Can I get help ID’ing this salamander?

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19 Upvotes

I found it under a log right next to a pond in Beaver, WV. Thanks!


r/salamanders • • 2d ago

Rescued this little guy in our pools skimmer.

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46 Upvotes

Found him in the skimmer right after we had done a shock, so I pulled him out, let him rinse off in some fresh water, and my daughter got some pictures.


r/salamanders • • 2d ago

Smol salamander under my trash bin

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30 Upvotes

Today is warm and rained whole day, I had earthworms under the bin before, so instead of rolling it, I lifted it, and found two salamanders under!!!! I thought I’d see tree frogs, not those guys 🥹 pleasantly surprised. I used a stick to guide them into grass so they don’t get squished when my husband comes back


r/salamanders • • 3d ago

Beautiful Tylototriton uyenoi

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104 Upvotes

r/salamanders • • 2d ago

Check out what my robot skimmer caught

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19 Upvotes

r/salamanders • • 3d ago

Andrias on display at our zoo.

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29 Upvotes

r/salamanders • • 3d ago

Let’s get Rusty’s birthday post to 500 upvotes (not this post)! (Link to the birthday post is in the body 👇)

48 Upvotes

r/salamanders • • 4d ago

Some great finds the other day! Perfect time of year to look for them

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66 Upvotes

r/salamanders • • 4d ago

Plethodon jordani from high up in the smokies

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122 Upvotes

Loved seeing huge swaths of these guys slither onto every forested trail come dark. Included last is the ginormous spring salamander, the 'trex' of its biota which is more than happy to scarf down any unfortunate jordani that stumbles onto its path


r/salamanders • • 3d ago

The texture on this newt's back is incredibly detailed against the moss.

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r/salamanders • • 3d ago

Comparing the banding on these two, one has spots and the other is all stripes

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r/salamanders • • 4d ago

Can we get 500 birthday upvotes for Rusty?

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497 Upvotes

I'm happy to announce it's Rusty's second birthday! I truly love the little guy, and we've been through a lot over the course of two years.
Although caring for him can be hard sometimes, we always get through it. As a teen, I've been able to cure him of edema (sadly an exotic vet wasn't available anywhere near us) and care for him well overall, which I'm glad I'm able to do. It's crazy I can just search him up and he'll pop up; he may very well be the most famous salamander on Reddit (search up "Rusty from r/salamanders" if you want to try for yourself. He's able to recognize me as an individual through scent and possibly through features, which is insane for his small brain capacity. He's getting a tank upgrade soon, and I'm looking forward to spending the next 20+ years with him.


r/salamanders • • 3d ago

The contrast between that dark dorsal side and the bright ventral pattern is really striking

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3 Upvotes

r/salamanders • • 4d ago

Pigeon Mountain Salamander

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37 Upvotes

Not a great picture but the few individuals that I found slipped back into their hidey holes quickly and I didn’t want to harass them. If you’re unfamiliar with this species, they occur only on a single side of one mountain in GA.


r/salamanders • • 4d ago

Looks like this is not interesting to someone... Shall I close the page?

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r/salamanders • • 4d ago

Adult Northern Spring Salamander found under a rock in a small stream!

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71 Upvotes

I was flipping rocks in a small stream and found this beautiful Adult Northern Spring Salamander that was around 6 inches long! I put the rock back exactly how I found it and the Spring Salamander went right back underneath the rock! (Ithaca NY)


r/salamanders • • 4d ago

Two Little Eastern Slimeys

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16 Upvotes

r/salamanders • • 4d ago

Found a salamander in the woods today

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58 Upvotes

r/salamanders • • 4d ago

Gunther's Cardboard Manners

11 Upvotes