Which one barks?

[nic]

Hey, does anyone know which sex of the ambystoma maculatum barks? (sounds like little squeeks)
thanks

 

[cameron]

I think they both can.

 

[john]

Some people will tell you that this is a myth. However, when I was a kid I had an Ambystoma annulatum and I will swear that I heard it squeeking at night. I guess it could have been a mouse in the walls of the old farm house I grew up in though.

 

[jacob]

I've had numerous A.maculatum that made this squeaking. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with gender. Mine only did it if I picked them up or startled them.

 

[kaysie]

I've heard my various ambystomatids squeak, as well as Triturus on occasion. As Jacob said, mine did it when startled, or were lunging for some food.

 

[nic]

I tend to think it's the males. The males are bigger right? In the dart frog world it's the females that are bigger and dominant. But I wonder if it's the opposite in the abystoma world. I think since they do it when they a startled it may be a defence mechanism or an act of dominance which would be the obvious. But kittens in a fresh litter also do this when visited perhaps for the same reasons.

 

[cameron]

Nope when I first got my Firebellys they were always stressed so every time i came in my room all four of them boys and girls would start squeaking. So I think that both can. I also remember picking up a Slimy Salamander and it squeaked a little.

 

[ryan]

I know sirens can make a screaming sound when picked up, and they click at each other underwater.

 

[nic]

thanks everyone. That was informative.