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Hi guys, I've never been on this particular forum before but thought you might enjoy these pics. I took a "behind the scenes" tour of the Reptile/Amphibian house at the Buffalo Zoo this weekend. The keeper said he was going to bring out a Giant Salamander. Boy were we all shocked at what he pulled from the pool!!! They have a pair, housed separate, in large tubs of 55 degree water. The cooler to cool the tubs was huge. This is the female Salamander, he didn't take out the male. I'm sorry to say I don't have any good info on this particular species. Hope you enjoy the pics!

The second pic... He could only take her out for a few seconds and had to put her right down...

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how did you get to take a behind-the-scenes tour there? i live near buffalo andwould definately be interested in doing that. did they have any other amphibians? last time i only saw dart frogs and some surinam horneds on display.
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*~Ginevive~*

I am a member of the WNY Herpetological Society. We get the behind the scenes tour pretty much every year. We are also getting a behind the scenes tour of the Rainforest Exhibit at the Cleveland Zoo this year (can't wait). It's a really fun club, we meet monthly, have field trips and picnics and partys. Lots of friendly folks, into reptiles and amphibians. As for the Zoo, they have a whole bunch of little frogs (mostly the colorful Dart ones, but also some really rare ones that are endangered in the wild). They had a really cute one, some kind of Crested frog or toad. I saw so much it was hard to remember all of the names. Check out the link below for more info on our club!
Western NY Herpetological Society

They live in the river here, mostly under rocks. I hear they can give you a nasty bite.

It is. They can grow to over 5 feet, I estimate its about 10-15 years old. They can live for over 50 years. This creature spends most of its life under water.