Larvae or axolotl

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Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to tell an axolotl and salamander larvae apart? cause if mine are larvae I need to prepare a terrarium for them.
 
If you post a picture I'd be happy to try and identify your specimen. Are you thinking it might be tiger salamander larvae? If so, it can sometimes be difficult to tell them apart based solely on appearance. The best way to tell them apart is your source. Since axolotls are captive bred, they are likely to be sold small, and likely to include color variants. Tiger salamander larvae are often sold at larger size and will all be grayish/brownish.
 
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They look a lot like golden albino axolotls to me. Salamander larvae usually have dark eyes. How many do you have in your tank? They do look a bit young to be put together just yet, so if you do have more than one I would recommend separating them just for now until they grow a bit bigger. I'll post a picture of a tiger salamander larvae so you can see the difference.
 
Here are two pictures. The first is of a tiger salamander larvae and the second is a golden albino.
 

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the white one is marshmallow
and the gold one is nacho
they are both in a 20 gallon tank
 
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