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Sacramento Mountain Salamander

Aneides hardii

Photo by AshleyT
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Variable in color, these two individuals I photographed are quite different from each other. The first is a plain tan color, while the second is more mottled black and brown.

Habitat:

Found under pieces of bark in high elevation douglas fir forests.

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Sacramento Mountain salamander

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PublishedSeptember 6, 2014

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