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Pickens County, South Carolina, USA
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This was my first find of a Seal Salamander. In the genus of my beloved local Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus) and so familiar in ways, but much larger than any Dusky and such a beautiful spot pattern. Photographed in a creek near Blue Hole not far from Charlottesville, Virginia (USA).
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Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, Va. (USA)
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Dusky Ravine, Allegany County, NY (USA)
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The "Slimy Salamander Complex" is a large collection of (probably interbreeding) species that are notoriously difficult to tell apart in the field. Nevertheless, because of the region where this was photographed (Francis Marion National Forest of South Carolina), and the higher density of white markings on the lower sides, I'm calling this one as 'variolatus.' -- If anyone has any other ideas, though, please feel free to correct this ID.
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After watching these eggs for nearly a month, there are so many details of the developing embryon clearly visible. Toes and tails, gills, the yolk, the spot pattern characteristic of juvenile Duskies.Dusky Ravine, Houghton Creek, Allegany County, NY (USA)
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Houghton Creek, Dusky Ravine, Allegany County, NY, USA
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Tuni Creek, Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, USA
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Pickens County, South Carolina, USA
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This was my first find of a Seal Salamander. In the genus of my beloved local Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus) and so familiar in ways, but much larger than any Dusky and such a beautiful spot pattern. Photographed in a creek near Blue Hole not far from Charlottesville, Virginia (USA).
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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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Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, Va. (USA)
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Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, USA
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Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, USA
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Turned up from under a log in the moist forest floor. Allegany County, NY (USA)
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Dusky Ravine, Houghton Creek, Allegany County, NY, USA
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Virginia, United States