A. maculatum tank set up

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What kind of tank is suitable for the spotted salamander? What do I put in it.
 
Reid, for future reference, you should research these things before getting the animal.

Spotted salamanders are very secretive and prefer to spend their time underground. A tank set up with moist top soil, various terrestrial plants (I like pothos, but lots of things work), pieces of wood to hide under, and maybe leaf-litter, if you have some on hand.

A general ambystomatidae caresheet can be found here http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_tigrinum.shtml Spotted sals have similar requirements.

Also, spotteds prefer cool temperatures, so be sure the tank doesn't get overheated.
 
Thanks for the help. I had already set up a tank. I just wanted to know what kind of things are good to put in the tank.
 
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