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Baby Salamander
I found a salamander last weekend. We kept him for a few days then let him go.
Today, I found three of them under two different boards, one of which was a baby! Here he is on my hand. He was faster than the adults but only about 1" long. I held him for 3 minutes then put him back where I found him.
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Re: Baby Salamander
He is just a little guy/gal lol
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Re: Baby Salamander
Originally Posted by joepythons
He is just a little guy/gal lol
Yes, miniature! I was amazed. Still waiting for something more than salamanders or the early (in rehab) black rat snake though.
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Looks like a newt.. they're really cute aren't they?
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what a weird little tail!
*I love this crazy, tragic, almost magic, awful, beautiful life*
~melanie~
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I don't know many newt/salamander species.. hope you find out what it is! I think newts are more aquatic than salamanders.. so on second thought, I think yours IS a salamander after all.. just a little slender one. it's really adorable!
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Re: Baby Salamander
Finally a nice day today in Jersey! I found a bunch of salamanders and thought that they looked just like one I had seen posted on ball-pythons.net. After coming back, looking at your pictures and doing some research I am sure they are the same thing. They are redbacked salamanders. They have a very wide range and are very common. "These little salamanders are so common that if you could catch every vertebrate (backboned animal) in the forests of Pennsylvania and weigh the species separately, the redback salamanders would weigh the most – even more than all of the white-tailed deer."!! http://www.churchvillenaturecenter.o...878/index.html
That site has lots of good info on them.
They come in 2 phases. Redback and leadback phase (self explanatory). The redbacks vary in the amount of red. All of the ones I found were leadbacks except for one. I will post some pics of him in a minute.
Google redback salamanders for a bunch of good pictures. It's hard to find pictures of their feet but upon close examination of many pictures, I concluded that they have 4 toes.
P.S. I'm no expert lol
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