Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) EAZA Best Practice Guidelines

Temperate woodland vivarium

• The zoo guidelines for fire salamanders say the animals seem to prefer 5–20 °C41–68 °F, and that animals active in the field stay below about 17 °C63 °F. They ask for a moisture gradient, dry retreats, clay or loess substrate and enough ventilation to avoid stagnant, waterlogged soil. (at 1.3 Physiology; 2.1.3; 2.1.7 Humidity and ventilation)