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This is a discussion on Food help within the Newt and Salamander Help forums, part of the Beginner Newt, Salamander, Axolotl & Help Topics category; I recently caught an overwintered red-backed salamander newt with a trap, and I was wondering if anybody could help me ...

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I recently caught an overwintered red-backed salamander newt with a trap, and I was wondering if anybody could help me out with what food I should give it. I am keeping it an aquarium tank with water that I collected from a stream, and I am trying to feed it mealworms that I cut up into small pieces, I also have 3 small minnows in the tank, thanks.
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Redback salamanders are completely terrestrial. They never enter the water at any point in their life cycle.

You need to put it in a terrestrial setup and offer it small worms and insects.
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Oh it isn't an adult, It is developing spots but it still has fins and is always in water.
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It may be a spotted salamander newt.
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Those are two very different types of salamanders. Redback salamanders hatch from terrestrial eggs as tiny terrestrial salamanders. Spotted salamanders are aquatic as larvae.

Spotted salamanders won't eat minnows either. They can be fed earthworms exclusively. Mealworms are hard to digest for any amphibian.

A photo would help us ID it for you.
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That's neither a redback or a spotted salamander. It looks like an adult Notopthalmus.

What region did you catch it in?
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Looks like an Eastern newt, but I'm not that good with American species.
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I caught it with a funnel trap in a field in Southern Maine, in the Greater Portland Area.
I thought it was an interesting pond because there are no big streams or brooks or rivers near my house, yet there were interesting fish in it, along with the newt.
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Then it's probably a Notopthalmus viridescens. They're one of the only species to inhabit permanent water with fish, and the only species in that area that looks remotely like that.
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Wow, that's great! I thought it was a larval salamander. Should I stick to feeding it earth worms? And is it okay if I put a few small bull frog tadpoles in with it, or would that be to stressful?
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Do not put tadpoles in with it.

Feed cut up earthworms or blackworms.
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I am 99% sure Kaysie is correct and it is a Notopthalmus viridescens. Knowing that area and the description of the water source and its inhabitants leads to a noto. Extremely prevalant in the area.
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What of wood frog tadpoles?
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