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Can anyone tell me what kind of salamanders these are? We have had them for 4 yrs in a fish bowl. Would love to know more about them, but need to know what to look up.
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going by the picture they are notophthalmus ,probably eastern or red spotted newts.
 
Thanks so much for that info...will try to send a better pic if possible.
 
Ok, I looked it up and this is what we have. Hopefully someone can can answer a few questions I have on the eastern newt. We have a 29 gal tank with fish and we were wondering if we could put them in it. Would the fish get the aquatic worms quicker than the newts? Would they get along with the community fish? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Lately they keep going into a head lock position, does this mean they are mating? And if so is there something we should do? Anyone...any info would be greatly appreciated.
 
This is the right place to learn about newts!
Here are some links to care sheets on this species:

http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Notophthalmus/N_viridescens.shtml

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/Mixing_disasters.shtml

In general people don't think it's a good idea to mix species. I have eastern newts that I've been keeping with guppies for years and I haven't had any problems with the guppies.
If you poke around on this site, you'll find more information than you can find anywhere else on newts!

And yes, that's mating behavior! But if you really have those newts in a tiny fish bowl, you should move them to at least a ten gallon, the bigger the better.
 
Dawn...thank you so very much! I checked out those links and we have decided to not mix them with the fish but to move them up to a 10 gal. tank. LOL All this time we were worried they were getting too rough with each other and apparently they were mating. Silly us. Will keep ya informed on the latest
 
I think a 10 gallon is to small for 4 newts, maybe a 20 gallon.
 
By the way, just because they're amplexing doesn't mean you have a male and a female.
 
They have a very nice patterning. I think they actually may be male and female just because of the way they look. The one on the bottom looks bloated and the one on the top looks skinny.
 
Yes I have a pair. One is very bloated lately and we notice they grab hold of each other more lately. We decided to go ahead and try the 10 gal. method with more aquatic plants. Thanks for all the input, this site has been a blessing. Any ideas or info is great.
 
Were these purchased or wild collected? They are likely either lousianensis or the florida subspecies(the exact name escapes me at the moment).

It sounds like you are doing quite well with them.
 
I's say N. v. louisianensis or Notophthalmus v. piaropicola just as Joseph, does it have red spots on its side?
 
They were caught in the wild...actually at a lily farm. They really do quite well. We feed them aquatic worms and they love those. The spots on the sides are black not red. Thanks to everyone for their input. This site has been so very helpful.
 
One last question: in what general area of what state did you find them in because if it was where I think it might have been it's definately a N. v. louisianensis.
 
Homestead, Florida South of Miami...We're preparing the 10 gallon tank up today. By the way, their names are Sid and Sally LOL We'll send better pics soon.
P.S. By the way we witnessed the fatter one shedding its skin this morning and ate it all. Great to see during breakfast. hehe
 
Okay...maybe the florida subspeices. It is hard to tell by the picture. Would love to see more pics.
 
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