It is now october, and in the woods by me, I turned over a log, and found this tiny brownish-gray salamander with white spots all over its body. Its belly is gray with tiny white spots all over. From head to tail, the salamnder looks a little less than an inch. I need to know what type of salamander this is, and what to feed it, since it's so tiny.

Note: The only reason I kept it was because people constantly litter the forest, and throw the logs all over. Since winter is near, I did not want it to die because it lost its home, or froze.

Try going to enature.com and entering in your zip code to see salamanders native to your area. Note that young ones may not have the same coloration as adults. Also, the site may not have every single species. At that size, the salamander may eat pinhead crickets, wingless fruitflies, and other tiny live animals.

If the forest is not going to be destroyed, then the salamander should be ok there even if some people turn over logs here and there. If it's really heavy foot traffic, then maybe not. Salamanders bury below the freeze line in the ground to avoid freezing over winter. Some frogs like wood frogs have an anti-freeze in them so they can freeze but I'm not sure about salamanders.

do you have a pic? and where are you? its asounds somethjing like a juvenile marbled salamander to me.

It turns out it was a redback salamander, (lead phase), and I gave it to a wildlife place that will keep it or release it to a better forest.

Do you have a picture of the salamander? Redbacked salamanders breed in my greenhouse, coldframe and all around my yard, but I have never seen one that looks like the one you described. What part of the country do you live in? I am in Western Massachusetts.
BTW, the babies are really cute! One I saw recently was just 3/4" long but looked exactly the same as the adults...just a lot smaller.
The usual size is 2.5 to 3" long. I lift pots sitting on the greenhouse floor very carefully, since I know there are usually salamanders hiding beneath them. I assume they are eating sowbugs, spiders and other undesirable guests. The floor of the greenhouse is brick and has plenty of spaces for them to hide.

red back salamanders are cool. hows it doing?