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A small adult found, surprisingly, under a log in the middle of July in Athens, Georgia.
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January 30 is pretty much dead of winter around Western New York state here in the U. S., but nonetheless after 2 days of 50 degree temperatures and rain, it was pretty easy to find Spring Salamanders creekside this afternoon. Flipping a few surface stones is all it took to see what I've been missing since October!
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Adult from southeastern Indiana.
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Berkshire County, Massachusetts
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The California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus) is a lungless salamander[2] that is found primarily in coastal mountain areas of Northern California, United States as well as in a limited part of the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, California, in patches of the northern Central Valley of California, and in extreme southwestern Oregon. What makes this amphibian notable is that this species resides primarily in a limited range within California as one of a handful quasi-endemic amphibians in the state.In 2001, it was reported that, on behalf of the National Park Service, Professor David Wake and his graduate students found that the California slender salamander, the most common salamander in California, was in fact twenty separate species spread out along the coast from Oregon to Mexico.[3] Presently, the California slender salamander is viewed as one of the nineteen species of the genus Batrachoseps, each of which is characterized by four toes on each foot. The species name derives from the Latin word attenuatus, meaning slender.[4]
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Adult from northern Georgia
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Adult from northern Florida.
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Adult from northern Georgia.
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Female brooding eggs, from northern Florida.
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I spent a few hours in a stream that was full of Two-lined Salamanders, they even outnumbered the Duskies which typically dominate in my area of New York state. -- Crab Hollow State Forest, Allegany County, NY (USA)
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Juvenile from Michigan.This species--often described as a sphagnum specialist--lays eggs just outside of the water in ephemeral wetlands. Larvae hatch, squirm into the water, then experience one of the shortest larval periods of any salamander before metamorphosing. Still, this young individual was one of last year's youngins.
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Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
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Dusky Ravine (the seepy hillside), Houghton Creek, Seymour Street
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Houghton Creek, Dusky Ravine, Allegany County, NY, USA
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Houghton Creek, Dusky Ravine, Allegany County, NY, USA
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Houghton Creek, Allegany County, NY (USA)
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Topsham, Maine
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January 30 is pretty much dead of winter around Western New York state here in the U. S., but nonetheless after 2 days of 50 degree temperatures and rain, it was pretty easy to find Spring Salamanders creekside this afternoon. Flipping a few surface stones is all it took to see what I've been missing since October!
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I spent a few hours in a stream that was full of Two-lined Salamanders, they even outnumbered the Duskies which typically dominate in my area of New York state. -- Crab Hollow State Forest, Allegany County, NY (USA)