The male will then release a spermatophore, onto which the female will lower herself down on, and pick up with her cloaca. Gestation vaaries greatly depending on the temperature and feeding of the salamander. Females may be pregnant for as little as six months or as many as twelve minths in wild populations at high altitudes. It is best to separate females about to give birth into a sloped contatiner of water, with the deepest end having about one inch of water, and the other end being dry. This allows females that are not immediately ready to give birth, access to dry land.
Fire salamanders give birth to ten to thirty larvae.
Females will deliver in batches, this may take several days, and it requires allot of judgment on the part of the herpetologist. I do not know. She might have been thanking me for teh food with larvae. Again I do not know. The larvae should be remoed, as they are born, and placed in an aquarium filled with aged tap water, or spring water.