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Greetings from SC, USA!

mattknepley

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Hello all,

I found this forum trying to get an id on a caudate some friends and I turned up seining for fish in a tiny Athens, GA stream. I'll post that request in a more appropriate part of the forum.

As for my involvement with salamanders and newts, it is limited. As a kid I lived in a couple areas which had no shortage of red efts. We used to play with them after a good rain. I still am amazed by their bright colors, and the thought that they must have had a pretty good migration ahead of them to become aquatic newt adults. There wasn't any permanent water for a good long ways around. I have toyed with the idea of keeping tiger salamanders, but never followed through. I have a 55 gallon tank of native SC fishes, and would enjoy adding an eastern newt to it should I come across one.

I have a little more experience with anurans. I have successfully kept firebellied toads, dart frogs, and African dwarf frogs. I am also a volunteer surveyor for the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program.

But enough about me. I enjoy exploring this site and learning a lot!

Matt
 

Jan

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Hi Matt and welcome to the forum! A word of caution; if you get one salamander......it won't stop there ;)
 

mattknepley

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Thanks, Jan. The folks here have made me feel most welcome, and have "learnt" me a couple things already.

And I think you may be right. For my wife's sanity I might need to keep my appreciation in the field!;)
 
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