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Hey there my name is Josh.I have 3 firebelly newts and i just got another newt/salamander not sure what it is can some body help me id it pic below
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It looks like some species of Desmognathus, but i´m unable to specify more. Somebody else will, i´m sure.
I hope you are not keeping the two species together as Desmognathus are highly aggressive!
 
No, they are being kept apart. I don´t mix different types together.
 
That's definitely a dusky, but identifying species is difficult without locality data.
 
Thanks for the help location is not known he was dumbed on a local petshop that doesn't deal with newts or salamanders and knowing that i have CFB the owner give him to me.Few questionstion how big of an encloser does it need and is it land or water.I take it it needs both right.Thanks for any help
 
Duskies are pretty large and active. With whatever setup you do, I wouldn't do anything less than a 20long. Some are aquatic and some are terrestrial. Hopefully someone with better dusky ID skills will chime in.
 
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