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Working with P. glutinosus

JMH

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I found two P. glutinosus last night on a trail at my college campus near northern Atlanta, Georgia. It was in the low 70's and humid so I looked around and found two adults. I believe they are females but am not positive.

I know quite a few peopler are starting to work with them and I wanted to know if you have any advice on care and breeding. Right now I have them in a tight sweater box with a few small holes drilled in the lid, with slightly damp paper towels as substrate and for hides. I plan on eventually setting them up in a 20 gallon after I acquire some more.

Also while handling one, I found how prehensile their tails are. I snapped a few pictures with my phone.

 

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Aneides

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Plethodon are great! By all means, I encourage Plethodon keepers! I've found that many eastern Plethodon species have "prehensile" tails. Not so much for the western sp., though.

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