in terms of species mixture all that comes to mind is that if you want them to breed then the marbled salamanders will certainly have an impact on how many of the others survive. Marbled Salamanders breed in the fall and lay their eggs in moist depressions or under moss/leaf cover at the edge of standing water. The eggs hatch pretty shortly after water levels rise above them and spend the winter under ice as larvae. Come spring when the other species are just laying their eggs, the marbled larvae have a fiesta... anyway, I'm sure they won't eat all of the eggs/young

Anyway, the main thing that came to mind is that somehow the salamanders need to have access to an underground habitat. In the wild they often use rodent/mole tunnels to get underground (hence, mole salamanders...). As long as they have a way of getting below the frost line they should be fine. It sounds like a really neat project... good luck and please post pictures. I've never heard of an enclosed man-made outdoor ambystoma habitat. From the sounds of it, that may be the ONLY way to breed tiger salamanders.

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