Basement Buddy

[beanersmysav]

I live in upstate new york in the aridondaks and whenever I go to feed my mice or rats in the basement I see a little black thing scurry acrossed the floor, well today when one of my rats escaped I found its hole where his head was popped out watching it all. He's not at all skittish but not to the point where I can grab him because he sits into his holes in the concrete. He's about 6 inches long from what I can see, a head the size of a leopard gecko, dark black and big yellow spots. A really cool looking lizard, I think its a newt does anyone else have any ideas?

Oh yeah and I caught the rat :) just got her today had no idea how jumpy she was.

[silent_truth]

look like this?

http://biodiversity.wku.edu/salamanders/Salamander_Images/Eastern_Tiger_Salamander.jpg
Picture Credit: http://biodiversity.wku.edu/salamanders/Salamander_Thumbnails.htm

Here's another website that lists all the salamander species within New York State.

http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/BROCHURE/salamanders/salamand.htm


-Adam

[beanersmysav]

Yeah kinda but no spots on the face and not that many on the body I found a yellow spotted salamander that looked just like it but it said its found on the west coast from Texas to B.C Canada and only live in ponds

[RDexotics]

Sounds like Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma Maculatum)