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Eastern Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum

Photo by LisaPowers
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Field Notes

Description:

Large member of the mole salamander family. These particular specimens were young adults and varied from approximately 4 to 7 inches long. The individual in the second photo was approximately 4 inches long.

Habitat:

Found on a wet, rainy rural road.

Notes:

"As this is a sensitive species, and like all species, is worthy of our protection, the locality information has been altered to protect this organism."

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Comments (23)
Lorenz Palec
Nice!!! one of my fascination in life is salamander very beautiful
LaurenZarate
Congratulations Lisa! Beautiful little creature!
Maria dB
Congratulations on your SOTD!
AntónioGinjaGinja
Congrats again Lisa,another SOTD very well deserved,thanks for sharing
KarenL
Woohoo! Congrats on a very well deserved spotting of the day Lisa!
Tiz
Nature nerds?! Hrmpffff! We are cool troopers of the nature, sharing our even cooler obervations! :D Lovely salamander family you found there Lisa! A Swedish "Gratulerar" for you!
staccyh
Congrats on sotd! Lovely photos.
Mark Ridgway
Fantastic spotting Lisa. What a great looking group.Congrats.
Yasser
Lisa, your recent spottings have been awesome! This one was especially great. Congratulations on another super Spotting of the Day and thank you for all that you do for the Project Noah community. We're lucky to have you as a pillar of our nature nerd family :) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153574468525603&set=a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603&type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/409211607613329408
AntónioGinjaGinja
wow,that a family Lisa,super spotting,very cute salamanders,congrats and thanks for sharing
LisaPowers
I wish you lived closer Carol! We would take you out with us!

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Amphibians of the World
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NWF: Watch for Wildlife!
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Salamanders of Tennessee
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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Salamanders of the Southeastern United States
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PublishedNovember 15, 2013

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