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Spotted this green salamander while climbing in West Virginia a couple of weeks ago. It seemed like it might have been sick and we didn't want it under our feet where we might step on it, so I relocated it several feet away from where we were and took pictures of him. I think this one came out the best.
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Der milde Winter hat schon vor Wochen den ersten Salamander ans Wasser gelockt. Es scheint ihm doch recht langweilig zu sein.
This was the 'fastest' mover on our macro day with Captive Light
and so colourful! will just have to return and hope he comes along as well!
Plethodon petraeus - One of my favorite herp finds, made possible by salamander guide extraordinaire, Robb Herrington. These little guys are found exclusively in tiny little space of earth up in NW Georgia.
A spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) in habitat. Water Valley, Mississippi.
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Our herpetologist in residence found a bunch of tiger salamanders in both larval and adult stages.
As it turns out, it's a lot easier to photograph a herpetologist than an underwater salamander.
This is perhaps the most common salamander found in my SW Ohio area. They can often be found under a flat rock or fallen limb in the woods.
Salamander on rock in Ricketts Glen State Park. (you can also check out the Ricketts Glen flickr group)
(Ambystoma annulatum). Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma.
The Ringed Salamander is one of the most striking, enigmatic amphibians in the country. Endemic to the interior highlands, they are only readily observable for a short window in the fall and spring. The rest of the year their beauty is hidden from the world deep in subterranean burrows in the rugged forests they inhabit.
My drawing of Pseudotriton. Hope you like it.
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Very interesting species, so here a little information about this beautiful creature.
The red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the eastern United States. Its skin is orange/red with random black spots. Its habitats are temperate forests, small creeks, ponds, forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater, trees springs. Overall this species is common and widespread, but locally it has declined because of habitat loss and it is considered threatened in Indiana. Red salamanders eat insects, earthworms, spiders, small crustaceans, snails and smaller salamanders. The red salamander, as a member of the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders), lacks lungs and respires through its skin.
The blue spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale) found in Chicagoland. Very common in much of the region.
Salamandrina perspicillata, Salamandrina dagli occhiali - Northern Spectacled Salamander
Tuscany, Italy
Perfect warm night with rain so Stace and I went down to the Skaneateles Conservation Area to see if any Spotted Salamanders were crossing the roads on their annual migration to their breeding ponds. Sure enough the area was full of them. We helped over 15 salamanders and countless frogs across the road, hopefully ensuring the next generation of these amazing creatures. Happy Friday!
The salamanders are on the move in the direction of their natal vernal ponds. Breeding season is on the way.
Some Smokies Salamanders for your Saturday - All of these were seen and photographed on the Grotto Falls Trail off of the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail in Great Smoky National Park. To the best of my knowledge, the first 3 are all Black-bellied Salamanders (Desmognathus quadramaculatus).
After a rain these little critters come out of hiding and wander onto the pavement, often getting smashed by vehicles. I rescued this one, and led him to a safer place.
Green Salamander. I haven’t seen one of these in a few years, mainly because I haven’t looked for them, and per usual, I wasn’t looking this day either. What a lovely surprise to find while peeking under Pine bark. New county for me as well.
I think this is a Ravine Salamander I found under a log in the woods. I should have washed some of the dirt off of him to be sure, but he was too wiggly and I had to snap the picture quickly before his patience with me ran out.
A grotto salamander, with a broken toe, climbing up into a small shelf above the stream passage which features some small helectites. Grotto salamander or "Eurycea spelaea Cave-dweller (exclusively). Eyes small, beady, and underneath fused eyelids" on Fossiliferous Limestone on left and in a shallow pool on right.
I just made that up, but the first of the salamanders were out crossing the road to their breeding pools last night. Earlier and earlier each year - and just in time for a March snowstorm we're supposed to get tonight...
Some species of salamanders (and newts, a subfamily) lace their own skins with tetrodotoxin, an extremely potent neurotoxin (orders of magnitude more dangerous to humans than cyanide, gram for gram). I don't know if this little guy or gal is one of them, but in any case it's wise not to touch salamanders. They don't like it.