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Help identifying this salamander species.

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I still have yet to see either of them eat, but the larger one is plumper and has more energy as I picked him up for this picture today. I'll try putting bent tail into a little 2.5 gal with some of the live food I have in the larger tank so I can monitor him. I'll also put in some chopped earthworms to see if he gets at them. They are usually on different side of the tank when I see them so I'm not too sure they are competing for food. But hopefully this will help.
 
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The bigger one could be forcing the smaller one to an area where there aren't to many food items
 

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Bent tail is starting to plump up since I put him in his own setup. :)

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It is pretty bare. Just soil full of springtails isopods and white worms and a hide for him.
 

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It was bent when he arrived to me. You can barely even see it now though since it rounded out.
 

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Hi,

Sorry this is a bit late, but I'm pretty sure what you've got are marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum). I'm currently raising a ton of marbleds and they look a lot like yours.
 
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