Quote Originally Posted by Pluke View Post
Salamanders used to be one of my favorite animals to look for as a kid I never really kept them as a pet though. If you wanted to find them just go out nearly little swamps/vernal pools out in the woods and look under half-decayed logs and such.. they love dead leaves and wood, like I said before I used to find them a lot.. now not so much. If it wasn't so dry up here in Michigan right now I'd consider going out and looking for some out of sheer boredom.. just to know they are still around. Another thing you never see in the wild anymore is Newts. I'd be shocked if I ever saw one of those again.
Indeed, I have the worst luck trying to find salamanders, and I have never found a newt in the wild. Salamanders are fun, I am thinking of getting a couple more species to keep