Longtail Salamander Eurycea longicauda LIFER!
I have been after one of these guys for a long time and I'm glad I finally got one. VERY cool salamander. He was in weird habitat though, under a log near the edge of a vernal pond. Everthing I've read says they live in creekbeds and caves. Anyway thanks for looking!
Very nice photos! Glad you were able to find one. Thanks for posting!
Terry Gampper
Nebraska Herpetological Society
“If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.”
--- Adrian Forsyth
Thanks!
Very nice! I'm really more of a salamander enthusiast than a frog fanatic. We have a large population of Eurycea longicauda melanopleura where I live. Very neat salamanders!
Thanks, I'm pretty sure this one is E. l. longicauda. They don't seem to be common here.
Heres some other sals I've found.
Southern two Lined salamander Eurycea cirrigera
Northern Slimy Salamander Plethodon glutinosus
Eastern Redback Salamander (lead phase) Plethodon cinerus
Southern Redback Salamander (lead phase) Plethodon serratus
Last edited by Zach; May 8th, 2011 at 06:19 AM. Reason: typo
Awesome! I wish we had the some Southern Two-lined Salamanders (Eurycea cirrigera) here! Those are great looking sals! Do you ever find any Ambystoma species?
Last edited by Zach; May 8th, 2011 at 01:19 PM.
Cool finds Zach! Maybe we could go herping next spring.
I have an adult A. Maculatum - my state has an abundant population of salamanders, I've been searching for 'em for years, and I've only found one unidentified adult - and a few unkown larvae.
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