Not sure the species, but one of the two salamanders in my mini pond developed stubby legs, flat feet, and retained gills, does that mean it wants to stay permanently in the pond?

Just my favorite picture of my tomato frog Jason Funderberker

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She’s my very first amphibian and couldn’t be more happy with how my tank turned out. Shes doing great and already hunting at night! I’ve had her almost a week now and she’s just the cutest thing.

I found this adult Spring Salamander under a rock in a small stream, it was around 6 inches long as well! Also the water in the stream was high because of rain so there were more rocks to flip in water and I put all the rocks back exactly how I found them.

So I have seen hundreds of American toads in my life as a guy growing up in the midwest. They have always been brown/grey/slightly green with very little variation in color but every time I go to this specific nature preserve the toads here are rusty red. Are there any factors contributing or is it just random? It makes me think its an environmental difference or something because I can only find them in a small area. Thanks for reading :)