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Jefferson Salamander
Ambystoma jeffersonianum
40.6162, -74.1094
Field Notes
Description:
looking for mushrooms, found this little salamander within a log. Speckled blue! My guess is that it's a Jefferson salamander, Ambystoma jeffersonianum.
Habitat:
within or under logs, mossy places, etc.
Notes:
The first salamander I've ever seen in NYC.
A week after spotting this one, I saw another one, this time in an area where there was one red-backed salamander under almost each log. Made me think this might actually be the "leadback" phase of the red-backed salamander after some reading and research.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2010
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