Brought it in created a little contraption out of a cup and a plant container so there’s water but not too much and it’s safe till we figure out what to do. He smashed up some small bugs and I put some basil for it to lay on and hopefully relax a little. Seemed kinda traumatized at first, my fiancé said some bugs were completely swarming him. He seems to be missing part of his tail and maybe a foot. This is not our area of expertise, but we both wanna make sure he’s okay before sending him on his way, any advice if it is a salamander does he seem okay, how could we help? If it’s not, does anyone have an idea of what it might be? Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated 🦎💚

<div class="md"><p>Brought it in created a little contraption out of a cup and a plant container so there’s water but not too much and it’s safe till we figure out what to do. He smashed up some small bugs and I put some basil for it to lay on and hopefully relax a little. Seemed kinda traumatized at first, my fiancé said some bugs were completely swarming him. He seems to be missing part of his tail and maybe a foot. This is not our area of expertise, but we both wanna make sure he’s okay before sending him on his way, any advice if it is a salamander does he seem okay, how could we help? If it’s not, does anyone have an idea of what it might be? Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated 🦎💚</p>
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Is this a salamander? My fiancé found it in the garage seems to be injured seeking advice & info.

Is it okay that I touched this little California Newt? had to move him out of the road

I’m getting a bigger 75 gallon tank for my 2 Axolotls, and my old 45 gallon tank is going to go unused after that point. I love neotenic salamanders, and want to get a siren. I want to know if my old tank is big enough for a single lesser sire, multiple lesser sirens, or a greater siren. Thanks!

<div class="md"><p>I’m getting a bigger 75 gallon tank for my 2 Axolotls, and my old 45 gallon tank is going to go unused after that point. I love neotenic salamanders, and want to get a siren. I want to know if my old tank is big enough for a single lesser sire, multiple lesser sirens, or a greater siren. Thanks!</p>
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How big of a tank is needed for a single lesser siren, multiple lesser sirens, or a greater siren?

The evening lighting looked cool the other night. She’s always waiting at the glass when it’s feeding day. 

<div class="md"><p>The evening lighting looked cool the other night. She’s always waiting at the glass when it’s feeding day. </p>
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15 years later and still a voracious eater!

I keep finding all kinds of conflicting information online, but how much should an adult male Chinese fire belly newt weigh?

When he first came to us, he was close to 6g. He was also VERY sedentary due to his poor living conditions and diet. He’s been with us for about 6 months now I think, and he’s weighing in at 3.72g

He’s also MUCH more active and on an high quality diet of dried daphnia, mysis shrimp, blood worms, and Omega One pellets. He’s got a healthy appetite during feeding, which is every 2-3 days. He’ll eat half a dozen decent sized shrimp or worms, and about the same for pellets and daphnia in a single sitting if he’s particularly hungry. Maybe 2-3 if he’s not 

He’s in a 20 gallon tank filled about 1/3 with water, plenty of plants to hide in and rocks to climb out of the water on. I do 30-50% water changes once a month with dechlorinated and sanitized water, rinse his filter once a week. Skin is healthy looking, eyes are clear, and he seems to be passing waste fine enough (who knew one little newt could shit so much??). We also recently got a heat lamp secondhand from a friend, and he seems to love swimming in the lighted areas (I’d been using some photography lights before)

Should he be closer to four or five grams? And should I be feeding him more often/a different food? I thought about adding fresh/live food every once in awhile to see if he’ll like it. But he’s now 24 years old, and I worry about him being too slow to hunt and/or shocking his system and making him sick. And should I get a UVB/heat lamp for him? Or will he be ok with just the heat lamp?

<div class="md"><p>I keep finding all kinds of conflicting information online, but how much should an adult male Chinese fire belly newt weigh?</p>

<p>When he first came to us, he was close to 6g. He was also VERY sedentary due to his poor living conditions and diet. He’s been with us for about 6 months now I think, and he’s weighing in at 3.72g</p>

<p>He’s also MUCH more active and on an high quality diet of dried daphnia, mysis shrimp, blood worms, and Omega One pellets. He’s got a healthy appetite during feeding, which is every 2-3 days. He’ll eat half a dozen decent sized shrimp or worms, and about the same for pellets and daphnia in a single sitting if he’s particularly hungry. Maybe 2-3 if he’s not </p>

<p>He’s in a 20 gallon tank filled about 1/3 with water, plenty of plants to hide in and rocks to climb out of the water on. I do 30-50% water changes once a month with dechlorinated and sanitized water, rinse his filter once a week. Skin is healthy looking, eyes are clear, and he seems to be passing waste fine enough (who knew one little newt could shit so much??). We also recently got a heat lamp secondhand from a friend, and he seems to love swimming in the lighted areas (I’d been using some photography lights before)</p>

<p>Should he be closer to four or five grams? And should I be feeding him more often/a different food? I thought about adding fresh/live food every once in awhile to see if he’ll like it. But he’s now 24 years old, and I worry about him being too slow to hunt and/or shocking his system and making him sick. And should I get a UVB/heat lamp for him? Or will he be ok with just the heat lamp?</p>
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Weight issue

I've found this little dude in the basement.
I'm from Germany but a friend of mine said it's from balkan. What does he eat and can I put him in a terrarium? 

<div class="md"><p>I&#39;ve found this little dude in the basement.
I&#39;m from Germany but a friend of mine said it&#39;s from balkan. What does he eat and can I put him in a terrarium? </p>
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Help identify this lizard

Hey y’all! So my teacher said that if anyone can get a photo or video of a hellbender in nature, they’ll get an automatic A in the class. Obviously, I want to take on that challenge. I’m in the southern U.S. and trying to figure out where to start looking. Any tips on where to find one or the best way to go about this?


Edit: I see that some people are concerned about this post and whether I might disturb the hellbenders, so I want to be clear—I have no intention of bothering them at all. I’m just looking around, not flipping rocks or anything. I know actually finding one is pretty much impossible, but I just wanted to explore. If I see one, great! If not, at least I’m spending time in nature.

<div class="md"><p>Hey y’all! So my teacher said that if anyone can get a photo or video of a hellbender in nature, they’ll get an automatic A in the class. Obviously, I want to take on that challenge. I’m in the southern U.S. and trying to figure out where to start looking. Any tips on where to find one or the best way to go about this?</p>

<p>Edit: I see that some people are concerned about this post and whether I might disturb the hellbenders, so I want to be clear—I have no intention of bothering them at all. I’m just looking around, not flipping rocks or anything. I know actually finding one is pretty much impossible, but I just wanted to explore. If I see one, great! If not, at least I’m spending time in nature.</p>
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Finding a Hellbender

3 MONTH UPDATE ON MY CUBAN TREE FROGS FROM BACKWATER REPTILES

Illustration of Giant Japanese Salamander Kaiju on top of Mt Fuji [OC]

(Sorry for the low picture quality)
I know it's kinda hard to tell the species based on the tadpoles, but I still wanna know a rough idea. They're like 0.8cm long and their body is somewhat transparent. 

<div class="md"><p>(Sorry for the low picture quality)
I know it&#39;s kinda hard to tell the species based on the tadpoles, but I still wanna know a rough idea. They&#39;re like 0.8cm long and their body is somewhat transparent. </p>
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What species is this?

we already have a couple of dumpy frogs and some salamanders. i’m lookin for somethin cool that won’t break the bank lol. i’m super stoked about this tank!! thanks for the help! (i’ll add a food and water dish as soon as i figure out what is going on in here)

<div class="md"><p>we already have a couple of dumpy frogs and some salamanders. i’m lookin for somethin cool that won’t break the bank lol. i’m super stoked about this tank!! thanks for the help! (i’ll add a food and water dish as soon as i figure out what is going on in here)</p>
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who goes in this tank?

I did my research on the frog, but I didn't do my research on the seller. I bought from Backwater Reptiles because it was one of the first websites that show on Google, and now I'm paying the price. They were supposed to send me a baby pacman frog. I'm fairly certain this is a chubby frog, and clearly much older. I keep it in a 26 gallon storage tote with a heating pad on the back just above the substrate (coco fiber). I've tried to feed it cut up nightcrawlers, fruit flies, bits of dried mealworm (only because I didn't have access to live), I even tried pac attack pellets to see if it just didn't like the live food, but it really won't go for anything. When tong feeding fails, I leave the food in there in a small food dish but it doesn't seem to touch anything. I wanted to add live plants and possibly springtails but I need the frog to be a frog first. I keep the humidity around 80%, and the heating pad is plugged into a thermostat set to 75, but it's usually a couple degrees lower because it's 30 degrees in my state. I had a shadedweller light I intended to use for this setup, but it arrived in non working condition and I was unable to to get a refund to buy a new light. I have a snail tank with a light and a desk lamp I keep on during the day to hopefully give it the day/night cycle I wanted. I haven't had the money to spare to get a new one, every time I turn around I've only got 100 bucks left in checking. I'm very worried, this is the first animal I've owned since becoming an adult and I don't want to screw this up. I don't handle the frog except for when I changed enclosures and today I tried to hold it while feeding and to take this picture. Please, if anyone could help me and give me advice on feeding or adjusting the setup, I would greatly appreciate it. And please please be nice, I already know I screwed up buying from crapwater.

<div class="md"><p>I did my research on the frog, but I didn&#39;t do my research on the seller. I bought from Backwater Reptiles because it was one of the first websites that show on Google, and now I&#39;m paying the price. They were supposed to send me a baby pacman frog. I&#39;m fairly certain this is a chubby frog, and clearly much older. I keep it in a 26 gallon storage tote with a heating pad on the back just above the substrate (coco fiber). I&#39;ve tried to feed it cut up nightcrawlers, fruit flies, bits of dried mealworm (only because I didn&#39;t have access to live), I even tried pac attack pellets to see if it just didn&#39;t like the live food, but it really won&#39;t go for anything. When tong feeding fails, I leave the food in there in a small food dish but it doesn&#39;t seem to touch anything. I wanted to add live plants and possibly springtails but I need the frog to be a frog first. I keep the humidity around 80%, and the heating pad is plugged into a thermostat set to 75, but it&#39;s usually a couple degrees lower because it&#39;s 30 degrees in my state. I had a shadedweller light I intended to use for this setup, but it arrived in non working condition and I was unable to to get a refund to buy a new light. I have a snail tank with a light and a desk lamp I keep on during the day to hopefully give it the day/night cycle I wanted. I haven&#39;t had the money to spare to get a new one, every time I turn around I&#39;ve only got 100 bucks left in checking. I&#39;m very worried, this is the first animal I&#39;ve owned since becoming an adult and I don&#39;t want to screw this up. I don&#39;t handle the frog except for when I changed enclosures and today I tried to hold it while feeding and to take this picture. Please, if anyone could help me and give me advice on feeding or adjusting the setup, I would greatly appreciate it. And please please be nice, I already know I screwed up buying from crapwater.</p>
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Please Help! chubby frog won't eat

I’ve been doing some pretty extensive macro photography of salamanders I’ve found on my property and feel like these images could be useful as an identification tool somewhere. These images are made from combining 50-100 photos to get some pretty impressive detail. I don’t want any money for these, does anyone know who could use these to help the public? And if anyone is curious, I believe these are a clouded salamander and an Ensatina salamander. But would love confirmation. 

<div class="md"><p>I’ve been doing some pretty extensive macro photography of salamanders I’ve found on my property and feel like these images could be useful as an identification tool somewhere. These images are made from combining 50-100 photos to get some pretty impressive detail. I don’t want any money for these, does anyone know who could use these to help the public? And if anyone is curious, I believe these are a clouded salamander and an Ensatina salamander. But would love confirmation. </p>
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Help donating photos

My frog is having trouble getting off his eye cap 😫😫. I’m scared if I touch it I’ll scratch his eye does anybody have tips? He recently had eye issues and is still getting eye drops daily but the shed is still there. Ignore that these photos are oddly high quality. I had a photography assignment LOL. Please give me any advice other than take him to the vet, I took him to a vet that treats exotics and he was not helpful :( no official exotic vet in my entire state so I’m looking at home treatment options

<div class="md"><p>My frog is having trouble getting off his eye cap 😫😫. I’m scared if I touch it I’ll scratch his eye does anybody have tips? He recently had eye issues and is still getting eye drops daily but the shed is still there. Ignore that these photos are oddly high quality. I had a photography assignment LOL. Please give me any advice other than take him to the vet, I took him to a vet that treats exotics and he was not helpful :( no official exotic vet in my entire state so I’m looking at home treatment options</p>
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How to help my frog shed?

Toad on the left, Frog on the right

Genuienly so tired if this... it only works with pellet food but blood worms nah... I don't want my newts accidentally eating rocks trying to find the food

<div class="md"><p>Genuienly so tired if this... it only works with pellet food but blood worms nah... I don&#39;t want my newts accidentally eating rocks trying to find the food</p>
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How can I get the food to stay on this platform instaed of floating away every time? Better feeding set up?

5am Leap Frog (juvenile Yellow Spotted Climbing Toads)

ID Request? ~ I found her while digging my garden ~~ Turkey

I caught my dog with this frog in his mouth. I washed his mouth out and he seems fine, that was about 4 hours ago. I’ll obviously keep monitoring him but does anyone have an idea of what this is? How worried should I be? Located in st Pete florida

<div class="md"><p>I caught my dog with this frog in his mouth. I washed his mouth out and he seems fine, that was about 4 hours ago. I’ll obviously keep monitoring him but does anyone have an idea of what this is? How worried should I be? Located in st Pete florida</p>
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Help identify this frog???

Mustache turtle!

<div class="md"><p>Need id pls</p>
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Is this an Asian Common Toad?

I don’t know why the waters so dirty I just cleaned it a few hours ago

<div class="md"><p>I don’t know why the waters so dirty I just cleaned it a few hours ago</p>
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Is she healthy

A song about a frog in my garden. Based on true events!

A massive tadpole was discovered, with a hormonal imbalance that prevented it from developing into a frog

What are black eye tree frogs like as pets?

Hello all is there anyone else who owns one of these little dudes I have found a few in other sub reddits but I’m trying to make a community of people who actually own them instead of just having them to stress out which is all I can find online 

<div class="md"><p>Hello all is there anyone else who owns one of these little dudes I have found a few in other sub reddits but I’m trying to make a community of people who actually own them instead of just having them to stress out which is all I can find online </p>
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Searching for fellow budgets frogs owners in

Can anyone tell me if they’ve shopped here before?

<div class="md"><p>Can anyone tell me if they’ve shopped here before?</p>
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Reptilesman site legit?

Is e cuttle bone ok for isopods?

My friend found a tadpole last summer doses anyone know what kind it is? (in Ohio btw)

<div class="md"><p>My friend found a tadpole last summer doses anyone know what kind it is? (in Ohio btw)</p>
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Tadpole

I’m in Southern California. Does anyone know where I can get fire bellied toads?

<div class="md"><p>I’m in Southern California. Does anyone know where I can get fire bellied toads?</p>
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Where can you get fire bellied toads?

Anything to do with amphibians is welcomed here!
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Check out /r/Ponds while you’re at it!
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Please be civil, thank you :-)
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<div class="md"><h2>Anything to do with amphibians is welcomed here!</h2>

<h2>Check out <a href="/r/Ponds">/r/Ponds</a> while you’re at it!</h2>

<h2>Please be civil, thank you :-)</h2>
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<div class="md"><p>Welcome! If you love amphibians such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. then you&#39;re in the right place!</p>
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Anything to do with amphibians is welcomed here!

Check out /r/Ponds while you’re at it!

Please be civil, thank you :-)

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