Can you ID this little brown amphibian?

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I don't even know if it's a newt or a salamander really. A buddy of mine showed up with it in a plastic bag w/ water, said there were a bunch of them in puddles around his house (it recently POURED). I'd like to try keeping it, but first I'd need to know what I'm dealing with so I can look up info on caring for it. I've been keeping fish and aquatic frogs so I've got a general idea...currently he's in a tank with styrofoam for him to bask on.

Here's a photo; he/she/it is about 4"-4.5" long including the tail.

edit: heck, I should mention that it was found on the Texas Gulf Coast, near the Freeport area. Bet that helps a bit.
 

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i would go for talpoidium purely for the fact that the glands behind his head are not as large as the ones of most texanum, though im sure others will know...

Alex
 
As a note, they were probably at the puddles to breed.
 
Probably talpoidium due to the stubby body as compared to texanum. Texanum are rather elongated like annulatum. Talpoidium are stubbier like opacum...
 
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