http://forums.kingsnake.com/forum.php?catid=26 Here you may post messages or questions pertaining to all aspects and issues regarding the keeping, breeding, health, and conservation of all Salamanders and Newts. If you are a new user to this forum, please take the time to review the rules first before posting: Terms of Service. http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2114820,2114820 Does anyone know where to find newts in Southeast PA, South Jersey or Wilmington area? -Thanks Mike http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2112344,2112344 I'm a first time Salamander owner, I have a black spotted sal. My question is: I found some Thrips in my aquarium, from the top soil I'm using that I mixed with some Coconut fiber substrate. I moved him out of the aquarium for now until I figure out what's up with it. I don't think he's eaten any, a... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111966,2111966 Half of the tank is a substrate mixture of eco-earth coconut fiber and peat moss, and the other half is water. Problem I'm having is I've only just discovered that semi-aquatic sals like my tiger really like to dig. Mine doesn't. There is no seperating partition between the substrate and the water, ... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111490,2111490 Does anyone know of a breeder for japanese fire belly newt in the NJ USA Area? I have been searching for several days but had no luck http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2110339,2110339 I found a couple of these larvae yesterday scrambling around in the shallow waters of a creek here in the Poconos. I would say they are a bit over a ½ inch. Sorry the photographs are so blurry but they were taken just before sunset and my camera doesn't do well in low light conditions. Anyone have ... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2028562,2028562 Can anyone tell me where i can find hellbenders near Boone,NC? I am going to visit family there soon and I've always wanted to see one in the wild. http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2028465,2028465 hi,im new here :D..bought some paddle tail salamanders and it died..it had some white cotton like thing stuck to their bodies and i heard it was fungus..i bought 1 more and it still died..any help?? :/ thanks!! http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2027575,2027575 Hello, I have had a fire belly for six months now. With it there are two rainbow tettras, two male fancy tale guppies, and a male betta. All get along well they are in a 10 gallon with six gallons of water. There are plastic plants sticking out of the top so the newt can get out of the water. Grave... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2025406,2025406 Hi, I recently bought what was supposed to be an axolotl that turned out to be a salamander. Within a few days of having him his gills shrunk. The store said they must have recieved tiger salamanders instead. We have moved him from an aquatic tank to a tank with mulch and a area to swim. The problem... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2024975,2024975 Has anyone built a refrigerated tank before? I am looking at building a show piece tank for like a coffee table tank that is cooled. I want to be able to keep some Ensatina in there safely and was curious to see if anyone has built a cooled tank before. I have great plans for filtered running water ... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2024021,2024021 Hi all again! I am in need of some advice. My adult female European Fire Salamander has suddenly stopped eating. She gave birth back around March 6 of this year to 15 larvae. One of the larvae was cannibalized and sadly the other 14 passed, the last passing only a couple of days ago. I followed e... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2023155,2023155 Hello all, I need urgent help/information! I have 14 newly morphed European Fire Salamanders. They all have morphed at different rates. The oldest of them will be morphed for 7 days on Saturday, 04/26/14. I have tried numerous ways to get them to eat. I've only had one so far that ate one singl... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2022688,2022688 Turned a log over in Tilden park in nor cal and found this little beauty. http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2022495,2022495 Let me give a little background before I ask my question which may seem absurb to some. I recently bought my first European Fire Salamander but was not informed that she was a female nor that she was pregnant. Since this is my first amphibian, I am still learning! Therefore, much to my surprise a... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2019984,2019984 Hello community, I am researching morphological variation in cb and wild Fire salamanders/ Salamandra salamandra. I am seeking preserved or frozen specimens. Please contact me if you have such specimens and I can pay for shipping and handling. brandon.ballengee@gmail.com Thank you very much, Brandon... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2014278,2014278 Are these Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus fuscus) or Northern Two-Lined salamander(Eurycea bislineata)? I always thought they were Two-Lined but now after looking at some photos on the web I'm not sure! http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2010030,2010030 So today was our first near 80 degree day in MN... Weather has been nice.... I always read about how all you people go "Herping" and as an avid outdoorsman thought this would finally be easy as it was a perfect spring day..... I have tried Herping other times throughout our summers... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2008061,2008061 My facility recently aquired a yellow spotted salamander, has anyone kept these in captivity before? Any ideas on feeding? It is currently feeding on crickets while we wait on waxworms. It is being housed in a 10g tank with coconut fiber and moss and a log to burrow under. It is amibient room temper... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2007701,2007701 I am really starting to enjoy keeping these, anyone else keep them? -----Shane@SSuperiorSSerpents.com http://www.ssuperiorsserpents.com/ http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2006593,2006593 Anyone keep Florida peninsula newt (N. v. piaropicola)? From what I understand they skip the eft stage but do enjoy a haul out area from water . I am planning on a pair for a 20 gallon long half filled with water , floating plants, few planted plants ,floating piece or corkbark as haul out area, t...