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Back from a wonderful trip to Pennsylvania. It was cold and cloudy so I spent most of my time looking for wildflowers and salamanders. I could not believe my good luck at finding 8 Northern Slimy Salamanders! They were all fairly close together and various sizes. Since the total I have ever found in my lifetime was three I was amazed at my good luck!
Sprinkler repair man found this salamander living subterranean in a control box. Little fellow had a quick photo shoot before returning underground. HI! I had one for a pet once.
A Red-Backed Salamander that I found under an old log at Huntley Meadows in Alexandria, Virginia on 11/7/22.
This Great Blue Heron toys with its catch, I believe this is the first time I have seen a Salamander and I guess the poor guy wished I didn't see him where I saw him........The sun was down and the day far spent
My first Yellow Spotted Salamander!!! Found him just now as I was picking up trash in Victoria Park, in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Watch the video of this encounter here: youtu.be/SqBDnMHqTJ0
Another species of salamander for today, the Jefferson Salamander. This species is in the same genus as the Spotted Salamander. They have a lot of the same behaviors as well. They migrate to Vernal Pools in early spring to breed. Not as prevalent as the Spotted in my area, so always a welcome sight to find one.
I hope everyone enjoys this image! :D
(Plethodon ouachitae). Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas.
This lovely species is endemic to the Ouachita Mountains of southeastern Arkansas and Southwestern Oklahoma.
Last Sunday, with just a few hours to be out on the roads, Anita and I stopped at a little Mom and Pop country store right on the edge of the road and got a couple of sandwiches. As we sat on the bench out front eating, Anita spotted this pair doing the deed. They were quite oblivious of us but nearly got stepped on by some guy who ignored our warnings! Yikes! I guess you never know what sort of drama you're going to encounter out on those back country roads! They were absolutely the biggest Salamanders I've ever seen! Have a blessed Sabbath day today. Baby and I are traveling south to Roanoke today for Church. :)
Young newts and salamanders love to play and explore the properties of water. They’ll swim quickly, and then extend their legs to break the momentum (similar to an airplane deploying its flaps) gently gliding until they stop and float.
Usually they dive like a missile when returning to the bottom, but occasionally retract their legs and allow themselves to slowly sink, enjoying the sensation of gravity.
This baby was less than two inches, nose to tail.
They warned Cedric not to cross the hot burning cement. They told him it would burn him up or the giant birds would grab him when he was out in the open. But Cedric was an adventurer and off he went, trying to keep his tail up off the rough terrain and stopping often to rest. Twenty minutes later (nearly a life time for a salamander!) he arrived at the other side and instead of dropping off into an abyss like they told him it would be, exciting new worlds appeared in the flower shaded, cooling earth. (see photo below of his arrival) .... Or this is what you take pictures of when all your hummingbird shots are an abysmal miss.....!!! Have a great weekend everyone! ;)
If this was a regular heron, instead of a bittern, I would have called this, "When Heron Met Sally." Hopefully I can use that one in the future.
Ridgefield NWR
This Marbled Salamander is somewhat camouflaged as it was crossing the road in the Patuxent Natural Wildlife Refuge in Maryland. It also seemed very unusual to see one on the move in the middle of January. Although the temperature was in the mid 40's Fahrenheit.
An email I received from Richard Orr: "Your Salamander is your best recent photo on Flickr -- it is only during this time of year that they emerge and can be seen -- they are moving to vernal pools to breed and lay eggs -- they are not seen at other times of the year".
During a short hike we found this beautiful fire salamander at the base of a waterfall. Colder temperaures and a lot of rain make them come out of their underground dens. Bad Urach, Germany
These little crocodiles are great to watch. There live different species in my little pool together with small green frogs. I never get bored observing them baltsing and taking a prey :))
When I took a break from looking up at the Milky Way and looked down I noticed that I was not the only one who was enjoying the beautiful sky. My headlamp and iPhone combined to capture this little guy just below the surface of the lake.
I often find Northern Two-lined under rocks nearby the streams....but most are in the water. I put this fellow on the leaf for a picture.
I was walking down the forest 200 meters outside from my home and this guy was taking a nap there on the stupm. Would you believe it? Salamandra salamandra is almost extincted species so I'm very excited, that this animal lives in our forest.
(Ambystoma annulatum). Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma.
This was the most strikingly patterned of several Ringed Salamanders we observed at their breeding ponds. They migrate en masse during cool fall rains to fishless ponds where the males court the females and future generations are propagated.
Right after the rain on Friday I found this salamander on the trail. It looks like I took a paint brush and dabbed the yellow spots on it.
I read that they live most of their lives underground and surface only after a recent rain, if they are foraging or if they are breeding. They hibernate underground during the winter.
What's really interesting is they can easily regrow legs, tails, organs, heads or parts of their brains when damaged. Wouldn't that be nice!
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum). January 2020. On a warm rainy night in Deep East Texas dozens of male spotted salamanders made their annual migration to the breeding ponds where they first entered the world as larvae. Here they will wait in pond side burrows and under adjacent debris for the next warm rain to come. The next warm rain should bring about the arrival of female spotted salamanders to their breeding pond, at which time their mating ritual will take place.