Newt noise??

[john]

do newts make noise?

 

[peter]

Not really. No newts that I know of make any noise, though a few species of salamander will make limited noise; sirens make a clicking noise, and necturus are said to make a "barking" kind of noise that may just be gulping air.

 

[morg]

I have heard Triturus vulgaris make a small mouse like squeek when startled before, but these are the only newts I have personally heard noises coming from.

 

[hayden]

My Taricha release air when stressed and this makes a small squeek noise.

 

[nicholas]

Hayden, where did you get your Taricha from? Are they Taricha granulosa?

 

[benjamin]

I have heard triturus vulgarus squeak, it was much louder than I would have ever expected, quite startling and effective, if it wasn't for its squeak I would have accidentally stepped on it.

 

[hayden]

Nicolas,
We e-mailed each other about this numerous times. I was the one who gave you dawn's email.
Hayden Asche

 

[nicholas]

Don't think so, I never e-mailed you, and I don't know who Dawn is. Dawn has Taricha? Fill me in.

... Oh yeah, I just picked up one Taricha granulosa today, but that's not enough for a 50 gallon tank, haha.

(Message edited by xamphibiax on December 28, 2004)

 

[hayden]

Hmmm...I have your email. Maybe it was about something else...

 

[william]

i can back up T. vulgaris squeaking, and your right it is quite a shock.

but do other Triturus make any noises or is it just vulgaris?

 

[mike]

If handled roughly all Triturus will "squeek", so will Salamandra and Notopthalmus, and probably most caudates.

 

[danny]

I remember a long time ago when I first got newts that when I picked them up they would always bob their throats and squeek until I let them go. I know I wasnt holding them to tight cause it always happened when my mom picked one up.

 

[nicholas]

Hayden, doesn't matter much what happened in the past, I'm looking for Taricha now. Dawn has some available? If not, do you know where where could I could find Taricha?

(Message edited by xamphibiax on December 28, 2004)

 

[hayden]

Nicolas, email me at kurt_bert_claudio@hotmail.com and I could try and hook you up w/ dawn. They are small and probably wouldnt be able to live with your adult right now(Im assuming you have an adult if they are from a pet store).

 

[meghan]

my a. maculatums and especially my n. viridescens make a popping noise.