(Once terrestrial, not while they’re still aquatic. Go to the care guide for Salamander Hatchlings to see how to take care of them in their aquatic stage)

• Size: 4 to 5 inches

• Lifespan: 8 to 10 years

• Tank: 10 gallons for up to 5 marbled salamanders

• Substrate: coco husk or crumbled paper towels. Have one side more moist than the other so there is a moisture gradient

• Decorations: a hide, some sticks, and a bark slab, avoid having a water dish because they poor swimmers

• Heat: 60°F to 75°F, do not use an additional heat source unless its colder than 60°F

• Nocturnal and do not need UV bulb, just room lighting is enough

• Humidity: 60% to 70%

• Diet: Insectivorous. Small crickets, blood worms, small mealworms, chopped up earthworms, snails, and even small spiders.

• Feeding: adults: 3 times a week. Juveniles: every one or two days. Feed them as much as they’ll eat in 15 to 20 mins. Dust their food with vitamin D3 and calcium once a week.

• Water: Salamanders take water in through their skin and cloaca so they don’t need a water bowl. Instead, they take in water from the moist substrate, so keep the substrate wet, but not drenched to where puddles form in the substrate. Use dechlorinated water. Tap water can be dechlorinated by being left out in an open container for 24 hours, or with a solution you can buy at a pet store.

• Fun fact: They have a poisonous tail.