Sourcing Chinese Fire Belly Newts

[ZenFish]

I've been thinking of diving into keeping newts and I've decided I want to start with the chinese fire belly newt. The problem is that I'm looking online and they seem very difficult to source. Does anyone know some online or retail stores that source healthy chinese fire belly newts.

 

[minorhero]

I'm new to newts as well. As it turns out retail stores are not the best source. Hobbyist breeders are your better bet. You can post here looking for them and if folks are selling they can contact you etc. An option that recently worked for me is joining the US Salamander Rehoming facebook group. I got several offers in a few minutes when looking for alpine newts.