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September 11th, 2021 11:00AM
High of 79 degrees Fahrenheit
71 degrees Fahrenheit at capture
On another cooler day without rain and mostly sunny, this adult salamander was found hiding in a crevice in a mountainside adjacent to a large waterfall. After some coaxing, it came out and was very flighty. After pictures it was released.
Walker County, Georgia
Sadly in my area there is a Spotted Salamander Migration route To vernal pools that crosses a road. Last Night (3/5/25) me and some friends went out to do some field research and Herp saving as these salamanders are not the only Herps moving to the vernal pools. (Spring Peepers, Leopard Frogs, Pickerel Frogs, Wood Frogs, American Toads, Etc.) After moving these guys across the road I had a little window for some photos.
Thanks @Brady O'Brien For the photography tips, tricks, and info for macro!
Camera Setup:
Nikon SB-700 Speedlight, Nikkor 105mm Mc, Nikon Z6iii, AK Macro Diffuser.
Another shot of the unexpected encounter with this beautiful fire salamander, Hausruck Wald, Austria
Angel Wing and Mt. Gould tower above Grinnell Lake from this vantage point.
Fed by three glaciers, Grinnell Falls tumbles hundreds of feet down the headwall above the west end of the lake.
The most visible glacier sits just below the Garden Wall and is aptly called The Salamander (top right).
Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris) - San Francisco Bay Area, California
I took a quick trip out West over the weekend and while the primary goal was not herping I managed to turn up 3 new genera for myself in 3 days! This was the final one of them, a large arboreal salamander found in the hills! As the common name suggests this species is an adept climber and is often found up in trees, they have flattened toe pads similar in appearance to those of a tree frog. An unusual feature these salamander have is an impressive set of teeth which combined with a large jaw muscles and an ossified skull make this one of the few salamanders which can deliver a painful bite.
For Jake's Post-Apoc Steampunk contest.
First time doing either these styles (definitely in 0.6 at least), but finally managed to make something I like.
Furnace, cause I just had to, bellows to make 'Greek Fire' from the furnace, crossbow like trigger, and etc. Pump the bellows to build up pressure, then hit the trigger to release the resulting fire.
The ridiculously warm weather has these guys migrating to their breeding pools already. In fact, I think some of them actually were out last week back in February! Spent some time with volunteers last night helping these guys across the road in the Skaneateles Conservation Area.
Thanks to a friend who knew exactly how and where to find some of these gorgeous salamanders. At the Nature Conservancy in Andover, NJ
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Houtzaagmolen De Salamander in Leidschendam.
Met een clubje Haags Ongeregeld onder leiding van stuurman Guido met de boot naar zaagmolen De Salamander in Leidschendam (vanaf Den Haag Centraal... Ja, dat kan. Met de Willemsvaart).
Meer informatie over deze bijzondere molen is HIER te vinden.
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Smooth Newt | Lissotriton vulgaris | Salamandridae
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Hey, I've done it too. I sometimes just try to blend in and go unnoticed but then I think to myself that it is not a crime to be noticed and to take notice of others. I think about things a lot. I can't help it, my mind is always working. Perhaps, you are always thinking too! :) Oh, I spotted this little salamander while hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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In Coast Redwood forest, Santa Cruz County, California, USA.
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A beautiful salamander found under a rock in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range of California. This is easily the most beautiful salamander I've ever found.
(Ambystoma opacum). A male from deep East Texas.
Though drought conditions persist in East Texas, marbled salamanders have managed to begin their annual breeding migrations. Unlike most other members of the genus, marbled salamanders breed in the fall, with females laying their eggs on dry ground at the margins of vernal pools, where they will guard them until fall rains inundate the area. This attractive male was photographed on a bed of American beech, witch hazel, black tupelo, and water oak leaves from the surrounding forest.
The Caucasian salamander (Mertensiella caucasica) is a species of stream-dwelling salamander in the family Salamandridae. This is a salamander of medium size, with a thin, elongated body. It is a relict species, endemic to the south-western Caucasus, in Georgia and Turkey. The subspecies M. c. janashvilii is found at Mt. Mtirala near Batumi and probably along the Black Sea coast.
The Caucasian salamander lives along the banks of mountain brooks and small rivers with fast currents, both in the forest belt and above timberline, up to about 2400 m above sea level. The species is secretive and strictly nocturnal, and mates on land. The male uses the protuberance on the upper side of the tail for opening the female's cloaca and passes the spermatophore directly to the female. Their diets consist of invertebrates living in soil or shallow water; an important part of the diet is amphipods.
Eurycea arenicola from North Carolina. This species has been long anticipated, having previously been referred to as "Sandhills Eurycea". Staff from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have long worked to describe this species and it was finally officially published as a new species today. These salamanders primarily inhabit seeps, streamhead pocosins, and blackwater creeks in the sandhills region of the Carolinas. Despite the fact that most of the habitat this species inhabited was converted to agriculture or developed long ago, the species remains well-protected in its limited range between large tracts of public and military lands that are managed with prescribed fire. The pictured animal was found under a coverboard right outside my office this fall. It was a gravid female, as evidenced by the light appearance of her underside, which appears so because of the yolked eggs visible through her opaque skin. The pattern is diminished in comparison to other Two-Lined salamanders, and mature adults appear with a striking reddish-orange coloration.
Congratulations to the many people who worked hard to describe the species, which has been in the works for many decades.
Stuart, BL, DA Beamer, HL Farrington, JC Beane, DL Chek, LT Pusser, HE Som, DL Stephan, DM Sever, and AL Braswell. 2020. A New Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata Complex) from the Sandhills of North Carolina. Herpetologica 76(4): 423-444.
Males and females typically establish separate feeding and/or mating territories underneath rocks and logs. However, some red-backed salamanders are thought to engage in social monogamy, and may maintain codefended territories throughout their active periods. Wikipedia
Something entirely different, this cute little Salamander is checking her eggs. We found her under a log in the back yard.
Fire Salamander, at Setcases, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia.
CATALA
La salamandra, salamandra comuna[ o salamàndria (Salamandra salamandra) és una espècie amfibi urodel de la família dels salamàndrids (Salamandridae), en la qual estan inclosos la majoria dels urodels europeus.
Té una longitud mitjana de 20 cm i la pell llisa. És inconfusible pels seus colors vius, fons negre amb taques grogues molt variables, que adverteixen de les secrecions irritants que pot desprendre, cosa que li serveix de defensa davant els depredadors. Les poblacions s'estenen pel centre i sud d'Europa, des de Portugal fins als Carpats. Es tracta d'una espècie associada a hàbitats de boscos humits; les seves larves es desenvolupin en aigües molt netes. Té hàbits terrestres i nocturns. La reproducció és ovovivípara.
La salamandra està protegida per la legislació, però la destrucció o alteració de l'hàbitat són amenaces que l'afecten. Moltes supersticions associades a la salamandra en fan un ésser diabòlic o, si més no, nociu i resistent al foc.
ENGLISH
The fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is possibly the best-known salamander species in Europe. It is black with yellow spots or stripes to a varying degree; some specimens can be nearly completely black while on others the yellow is dominant. Shades of red and orange may sometimes appear, either replacing or mixing with the yellow according to subspecies. Fire salamanders can have a very long lifespan; one specimen lived for more than 50 years in Museum Koenig, a German natural history museum.
Fire salamanders live in central Europe forests and are more common in hilly areas. They prefer deciduous forests since they like to hide in fallen leaves and around mossy tree trunks. They need small brooks or ponds with clean water in their habitat for the development of the larvae. Whether on land or in water, fire salamanders are inconspicuous. They spend much of their time hidden under wood or other objects. They are active in the evening and the night, but on rainy days they are active in the daytime as well.
The diet of the fire salamander consists of various insects, spiders, earthworms and slugs, but they also occasionally eat newts and young frogs. In captivity, they eat crickets, mealworms, waxworms and silkworm larvae. Small prey will be caught within the range of the vomerine teeth or by the posterior half of the tongue, to which the prey adheres. It weighs about 40 grams. The fire salamander can grow to be 15–25 centimetres (5.9–9.8 in) long.
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I was racking some mulch in the front yard on Monday when this little guy showed up, so of couse I ran in and grabbed my camera. Very had so shoot because he just wouldn't sit still for his picture. Taken in Zirconia, North Carolina. Wish it was sharper but he wouldn't cooperate so I could focus better.
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Found this salamander hidden in some damp leaves tucked against my house, Yakima County, Washington. I have seen Long-toed Salamanders at a number of high elevation Cascade Mountain Lakes but I'm surprised that one is living here at my home. They need a pond or marsh for reproduction and there is none less than a mile or 2 from my home. IMG_5009
The cave salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) in its natural habitat, showcasing its striking orange hues and spotted patterns.
I was pretty stunned to find this creature along the trail at Mud Lake just after dawn yesterday. Although there had been a brief melt, the temperature fell over twenty degrees Celsius here during the day. The amount of rain we had likely stirred it from where it was overwintering, as they react to spring rains. If the salamander didn’t make it back to its home pretty quickly, well, it was in trouble. It looked to have been targeted for predation, but it had somehow escaped. It is the first time I have seen a Blue-spotted Salamander in Ottawa in fifteen years of prowling the trails. This is exactly as I found it, on the edge of the trail. The Blue-spotted Salamander is a carnivore, eating spiders, worms, and other insects, and it is largely nocturnal. There is a complex biological story about hybridization between the Blue-spotted and the Jefferson Salamanders, which is worth reading about, and one of its consequences is that genetic testing is required to confirm any identification, but I will run with the Blue-spotted name for now.