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Hi, I have two tiger salamanders that I just got from a reptile shop about two days ago. They eat fine, behave normally, but one seems to be getting little spots behind his back right leg and some on his torso.

If anyone has ever experienced something like this with there's or knows a good site let me know.

Thanks

There are a lot of things that can cause skin spots. What color are they? Are they raised? For example, there are shiny black patches that are bacterial, red areas resulting from bacterial infection, white/gray fungus and whitish patches that can be ectoparasites. The treatments differ.

They look to be brownish color and he's gray and black. They're not very noticible though, they don't look swollen and they aren't red.

The spots may be nothing more than a relatively thick area of unshed skin. If the spots don't disappear with a skin shed or they are getting bigger it would not hurt your salamander to use a mild saline treatment or even an over-the-counter antibacterial ointment like Neosporin (or "Triple antiobiotic ointment) for humans. If you use salt,use 6-7 grams of non-iodized salt, like Kosher salt or sea salt or freshwater aquarium salt per liter. Soak for half an hour. If you use the antibacterial/anti-fungal ointment make sure there are NO painkillers like benzocaine (they are toxic to salamanders). Apply with a cotton swab.
For more info and details see the www.caudata.org site under Articles. There are two articles.