Planet Zoo 2 Fire Salamander — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Fire Salamander is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Exhibit habitat, accepts the Temperate / Wetlands biome, carries a no barrier requirement and is listed at 0.23 m (length). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 12 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Fire Salamander

Every figure on this page comes from the official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export rather than trailer footage: biome, enclosure type, barrier grade, size and the compatibility verdicts are all taken from the game's own data.

Size (M)0.23 m

Weight (M)0.04 kg

Barrier—

EnclosureExhibit

BiomesTemperate / Wetlands

StatusVulnerable

Where it lives in the wild
Europe

Fire Salamander at a glance

Source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export (130 species). Also on the searchable animal list.

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Fire Salamander needs a Exhibit enclosure and accepts the Temperate / Wetlands biomes. The barrier requirement is none at all, and that is the number to check before building: a Grade 4 animal behind a Grade 1 wall is the most common way a first zoo stalls.

Which animals can live with the Fire Salamander?

Fire Salamander shares a biome and an enclosure type with 12 other species, but every one of those pairings is ruled out by the official data, because one side of each pair is officially solitary.

Same biome, but not compatible

12 of the species that accept the Temperate / Wetlands biome cannot share an enclosure with the Fire Salamander, because one side of the pair is officially solitary. These are the pairings people ask about most, so they are spelled out rather than left as an unexplained gap.

Species	Biome	Enclosure	Why not
American Bullfrog	Lakes & RiversWetlands	Exhibit	Fire Salamander is solitary “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Mal…”
Cloudless Sulphur	SavannahTaigaTemperate	Exhibit	Fire Salamander is solitary “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Mal…”
Common Bluetongue	RainforestSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Danube Crested Newt	Lakes & RiversWetlands	Exhibit	Fire Salamander is solitary “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Mal…”
Diamondback Terrapin	EstuarineMangroveWetlands	Exhibit	Fire Salamander is solitary “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Mal…”
Eastern Brown Snake	DesertSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Eastern Brown Snake is solitary “Adult male Eastern brown snakes are solitary, whereas females may interact with each other after laying their eggs; they will often do this…”
European Peacock	SavannahTemperate	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Mexican Redknee	DesertRainforestTemperate	Exhibit	Fire Salamander is solitary “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Mal…”
Monarch	RainforestSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Fire Salamander is solitary “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Mal…”
Old World Swallowtail	SavannahTaigaTemperateTundra	Exhibit	Fire Salamander is solitary “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Mal…”
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake	DesertSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Fire Salamander is solitary “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Mal…”
Yellow Anaconda	SavannahWetlands	Exhibit	Fire Salamander is solitary “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Mal…”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

31 species share at least one biome with the Fire Salamander but use a different enclosure type — a land habitat against an aquarium or a flying aviary — so they cannot be mixed however well the biomes line up.

African Savannah Elephant, Asian Elephant, Bactrian Camel, Cape Buffalo, Common Hippopotamus, Eurasian Beaver, Eurasian Bittern, Eurasian Brown Bear, Eurasian Lynx, European Bison, Gharial, Giant Panda, Golden Eagle, Greater Flamingo, Grey Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Komodo Dragon, Long-Eared Owl, Malayan Tapir, Mountain Hare, Nile Monitor, Red Deer, Red Panda, Shoebill, Sumatran Tiger, Sun Bear, Toco Toucan, West Indian Manatee, Western Lowland Gorilla, White-Tailed Sea-Eagle, Wild Boar

Behaviour, size and weight

Fire Salamander is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Fire salamanders are solitary in the wild but are generally tolerant of other individuals if enough space, mates and food are available. Males may be aggressive towards each other if disputing territory or access to mates.” On size the game lists 0.23 m (length) for the male and 0.23 m for the female. Size and weight together decide the minimum habitat footprint, so use the female figure when you are sizing a breeding pair rather than a display animal.

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All 130 animals · Full compatibility chart for Fire Salamander · Aquarium animals · Aviary birds · Deluxe edition animals · System requirements