Can anyone identify this reptile?

[roopi]

Wife just freaked out when she saw this outside our front step. I'm not a fan of reptiles either so I put a bucket over it with a bag of concrete on top.

If you want a new pet come get it. What should I be doing with this thing?

[Playero]

Looks like a salamander, I might pick it up from you.

[azian.advanced]

Looks like a tiger salamander.

http://esrd.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife...alamander.aspx

[cancer man]

My kid had one it lived for like 12 years. Garden Salamander
If you want just release it at nose hill park by the creek lots there.

[Fly Fishin']

Nice tiger. I have seen a few around the bow but I think they hide from the big trout.

[roopi]

Well spotted in Mahogany last night. Not transporting this thing to a park because I don't want to touch it. Freaks me out.

[klumsy_tumbler]

Definitely a tiger salamander. Those little guys are adorable! I haven't seen one in ages... please tell me you let it go?

[spikerS]

yeah, regular run of the mill salamander. Typically found in moist areas and in mud.

Totally harmless, and a lot of people have them in aquariums as pets.

[BavarianBeast]

I haven't found one of these in Alberta for 20 years.

Cool find.

[ExtraSlow]

That's a good spot. I don't think they are technically "rare", but they aren't actually spotted that often.

[roopi]

He's alive and released back in the pond/wetland area here in Mahogany.