Mystery Newt or Salamander

[guppy]

loconorc..what about the Japanese Giant Salamander.lol they're protected though, haha.

yup guppy he was under a log..i'll go look at a picture of the NW salamander..
..looked at it; i'm not sure but it looked more like an arboreal.. it was pink and had yellow spots..
maybe a hybrid? possible??

They don't hybridize.
Well I put on my glasses and took another look. I had not realized that those were spots, I thought it was just flecks of gravel or sand so you are probably right.
One thing that threw me though is the arboreal salamander maxes out at 4" and the NW at over 5". Do you have fairly small hands? lol.
The arboreal is also fairly easy tokeep as are the ensatinas.

 

[JEAE21]

lol no guppy. haha
i checked right now and his whole body length was around 6"
was a good swimmer too.

maybe it got big because of the mercury.lol

 

[David Tobler]

That is with out a doubt in my mind an Arboreal Salamander.

 

[guppy]

Aha< found what I was looking for, the 4" length mentioned was snout to vent overall. That makes it definitly an arboreal, Mea culpa.

 

[JEAE21]

haha guppy what site were you looking at?

 

[guppy]

Several including DNR and Californiaherps.

 

[JEAE21]

thanks i'll go look