Blue spotted salamander vocalization?

[moncrieff]

Last night I thought I heard a chirping noise coming from my salamander tank which is next to my bed. I have a CB pair of blue-spotted salamanders (at least thats what they were sold to me as, but from looking at the photos in my Audubon book they look more like Tremblay's). I have read online that Tiger Sals can make a noise, so I was wondering, maybe I'm not completely crazy? I have had them for about 3 years now and have never heard anything. However, I have noticed slightly more natural behaviors since moving them to a naturalistic terrarium (plants, springtails, sow bugs, lots of hides, and a water feature) this last summer. Has anyone ever heard of other Ambystomatids making noise? If so, is there a reason they would make this noise now?

 

[Azhael]

One of them probably bit the other's tail. It's pretty common for a variety of caudates to make sounds when picked up, for example. They tend to sound a bit like a really wonky chewing toy...

 

[moncrieff]

Oh no! No tail biting allowed! Thanks for the response. I should have known it was probably something silly they were doing and not something more significant like courtship; I understand it can be quite tricky to breed these guys, but I can still dream =D.