This channel is dedicated to the amazing tailed amphibians known as salamanders! Ever since the first Eastern newt I found as a child, these animals have become a passion of mine. I consider these animals to be often overlooked in terms of the hobby and the wilderness due to their secretive nature and lack of information. My aim is to shine the light on these animals and provide my knowledge on these amazing creatures, and hopefully even provide a better appreciation for them.
@Sgt.RenegadeBaconB Hey there! That's assuming that my newts lay eggs, but unfortunately I get a whole lot of courtship and not much else. The occasional spermataphore shows up though.
Had Fire bellied newt and bichirs together, they live very peacefully, the newt didn't bother the larger bichirs while the bichirs sensed that the newt was poisonous thanks to their barbels, they ate together and hanged out together; I also mixed my newt with an axolotl, they didn't have any problems either, the newt ignored the axolotl and didn't nip its gills while the axolotl probable also sense that the newt is not tasty, they lived for a very long time together; newts and fish like dwarf cichlids don't mix, the fish nip at the fingers of the newt and doesn't seem bothered by the toxins, bichirs would downright attack axolotls especially their gills so not a food combination; fish with good sense of smell seems to work best with newts especially if the fish is slightly larger than the newt while axolotls will try eating any slow moving moderately sized fish but are bothered by smaller nipping fish that are too agile for the axolotl.
@oxvendivil442 Unfortunately, what you may think is peaceful and not stressful may still be very stressful for the newt/salamander. How long did they live together? It sounds like this is just luck. The bichir fish requires temps well above what the firebelly newts require, with a minimum of 72F degrees. 72F is starting to go above the ideal zone for firebelly newts. Just the fact on temperature alone, these species don't mix. You shouldn't force these animals to live outside their ideal temperatures. Citing the fact that the newt is poisonous is also a risk to the fish. I'm not sure why anyone would force a situation that can be a risk to either animal. Mixing a newt with an axolotl is also very careless. I don't mean to be rude here, but that axolotl could easily eat the newt and one or both could result in the other's death. I'm sorry, but this isn't responsible, and I can't convey misleading info or information that can otherwise put animals in the hobby at risk.
I just started into this, I'm very excited! I've volunteered for Salamander Watch with our park system here, we shut down a road as well. I'm going to finish up watching, then a link to your channel is going straight to my favorite herpetologist-in-training kiddo. I think he'll love it!
Just going to ask something obvious just to confirm, but do you have adults? If that's the case, it could be a water quality issue. They're know to leave the water in the wild due to water issues as well.
Approximately how long does it take for larval to transition to land ready? I've rescued a few dozen (left now from hundreds) from our fish pond that needed cleaning this spring before filling up and putting the coy in. There is a section that acts as a water filter that the pond water is pumped up past and the water flows downhill through, and the fish can't get in to it, that I believe would be the best place to release them back to. It has cat tails plants growing there and so has some dirt/roots clumps that the water flows thru back to main pond. There was a thick layer of gunk forming/growing on the ponds bottom and that's where I discovered the Salamander larvae when I drained the snow melt water out. These are "Tiger Salamanders" I believe. My question is because when we were kids we would catch what looked like larvae Salamanders, but they were 5" - 7" inches long in beaver ponds in the mountains and they'd only start to transition after being in our city's water for a few weeks. Otherwise they remain with the gills and tail webbing and are as big as adults we see on land if left in natural untreated water as long as we had them. The ones I have now are 1-1/2" or less in length. pretty sure they hatched this spring and their numbers are dropping as the big ones feed. Hoping to release all that's left back into the pond in next day or two, but we want to try raising a few in an aquarium. These guys are always coming up to the surface and getting a gulp of air every so often. Them doing that in the pond water/sludge was how I even noticed them as I was draining the water out. Discovered them and some water bugs (a couple of big ones that could eat fish), some blood worms, mosquito larvae and quite a few Dragon Fly Larvae in the mix too. (Pond Really needed cleaning) My brother and I kept the big ones all summer before releasing back to the wild and feed them earth worms, moths and flies we'd catch or swat dead. If dead we stuck them on a small diameter wire and dangled it in front of the salamander to entice feeding reaction. Worked pretty well. Hope this last part helps others with feeding any they posses and having trouble finding food for them. Hunting flies is time consuming though unless you use a live trap(s). Thanks for the informative video though, should help many people.
Hey there! It's hard to say for certain without seeing a photo of these larvae for myself, but if you think they may be tiger salamander larvae, I suggest giving this a read: www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_tigrinum.shtml I've read that it could take 4-6 months for them to morph, but I also know it some instances tiger larvae can become neotenic for a time. As soon as you see the gills shrinking, that's really the sure sign they're beginning to morph so you'll need some land area ready at that point.
@@TheSalamanderWilds Thank you greatly for the info and swift reply. Understood hard to judge without more precise hands/eyes on data. I'm an electronics technician and have to deal with that situation a lot myself. Wish RU-vid allowed pictures in the comments like Facebook does. I know, it would get misused and abused if they did probably lol. Most of mine have at least their front legs formed, a few have both. None are developed enough for helping them move, even in mud, they try to wiggle (swim) thru to open water. Again thanks for help and wish us luck getting some back in to the ecosystem. A quick reading of that indicates I have the blotched tiger species according to my geography (S.E. Idaho). But I've seen barred or stripped ones here too. We (us living here) have agreed to disagree with most nature sources of information about what should/could be found here because we see things that are said not to be here lol. Oh well.... If you'd like I'll notify you when I post any videos of them??
@TGiFoosday absolutely, I'd love to see updates about these larvae! If you like, you can message or make a post on the Salamander Wilds Facebook page. facebook.com/TheSalamanderMan
@@TheSalamanderWilds Ok, thanks. That would be easier and quicker than doing it here. Just went and dug up the smallest worms I could find and chopped them into 3 or 4 pieces, changed their water and fed them. Going to get pics and footage now. They were hungry.
It would be cool to have some affiliate links. Hopefully one day! I'm not an official partner to Joby, though. My channel unfortunately doesn't get enough traffic for that sort of thing. But maybe if the channel gets bigger. I haven't used this for any aquarium footage, but that's definitely a great idea!
Hey bro, so crazy enough I think I found the red eft stage of both these guys in our yard. Any chance you have images or videos for me to confirm? Or you could message for me info?
Hey there! Yes, check out the rest of the channel! I'm including a link to my other video that will help you confirm: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I-3go7hHL2o.html
Quick random question: do you have any experience with western salamander species, like taricha or ensatina? Currently in the western u.s and while I love our natibe species, I'd love to visit the east coast just to see all the iconic species you've got over there
Hey, love the vid.. i caught a wild marbled salamander nymph, and have been raising it since. Its now a terrestrial salamander.. can you make a video on how i should make a setup for it and tag me in it?
Hey there! It's going to be a bit tough to do a video on one of these at the moment, but I can provide an article to the proper set up. Marbled salamanders are an Ambystoma salamander, and they can have mostly similar enclosures to one another. Here's an article to a tiger salamander care guide, you can use a similar enclosure. www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_tigrinum.shtml
My very first amphibian was a Eastern newt. the year was 1960 and I was 10 years old. Count me as a new subscriber to your channel. Thanks for the video.
It'll become an adult either way, but I'm actually not entirely sure how long it can live for as a terrestrial adult. There's many discussions of different newt species' lifespans being cut short due not living as naturally as possible.
It is a good video. Fluorescent lymph fluid spreading across the skin causes a lot of frogs to fluoresce. What is more rare is when the pigment patterns of salamanders, geckos and lizards fluoresce, because this shows the source of the fluorescence in salamanders are individual cells (pigment cells) and not fluid spreading in the tissues fluorescing green. Scientists don't know what is causing certain cells to fluoresce green in these species.
For Eastern Newts do the food variety help in coloration? For example my Fire Belly Newts are more famous for its striking red or orange belly. However, this color is not produced by the newt, but comes entirely from their diet with carotenes, and among them canthaxanthin and astaxanthin.
Yes, certain foods can definitely help with the coloration in the ringed red spots or possibly even eft coloration. As you mentioned, a diet with carotenoids help to improve the red color. Though, the foods shown here just simply varied for nutritional purposes.
I feed my Eastern newts frozen bloodworms. I used to be able to buy live California blackworns, but they haven't been available for a few years now. I also have a very naturally, heavily planted tank with ramshorn snails and cherry shrimp. In warm months, i harvest blackworns from a half-barrel pond i keep in my backyard - i think they probably burrow into the substrate if they are not eaten immediately, and i think they probably breed in there. Also there are tiny daphnia etc in the water. ❤ did your efts survive to maturity last year?
@TheSalamanderWilds I had no survivors either, unfortunately. I had dozens of larvae over about 3 years- I removed them from the adult tank and raised them on brine shrimp (so much work!). Many morphed into eft, but my last one passed away last month - it was over a year old, I was hopeful it would make it. Super disappointing, as my current adults are the offspring of 3 juveniles I bought in their eft phase about 16 years ago, and all 3 efts thrived and morphed into adults. I am no longer going to remove larvae or eggs, if the adults breed again. It is too much work for so much heartbreak. 💔
