Black-chinned Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber schencki)

Captive Bred 2023 Juveniles, 2-3". Pseudotriton ruber schencki tend to stay smaller than other subspecies and maintain more beautiful red coloration as adults than most other Red Salamander subspecies.     Care & Husbandry Red salamanders are kept in semiaquatic enclosures with 2-3" deep water and stacked flat rocks at one end to create a land area, as well as aquatic refuges between the submerged rocks.  The rock layer above the water line is topped with an organic substrate mix of pine bark, coconut husk chunks, sphagnum, and oak leaves along with a few bark slabs, live moss, and ferns.  An air stone is added to the water to keep oxygen levels high. I have an RO drip that turns on for 30 min/day, and route it such that it runs down one side of the rock pile and the other side stays drier to give them a gradient to choose from. The tank is drilled with a bulkhead and overflow standpipe to maintain the water level. In addition to the RO drip, I spray down the tank around once/week