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Blue-spotted Salamander
Ambystoma laterale
46.0097, -65.0057
Field Notes
Description:
This salamander is about 7" long, very fat. Currently the salamander is displaying the behavior it preforms when it is being cornered by a predator : keeping its head still, while wiggling its tail to distract the predator, while it looses its tail and escapes.
Habitat:
Found under a moist rock, in the middle of summer right after a rain. ( in my backyard behind the garage, near a maple/alpine forest.)
Notes:
The salamander is keeping its head still, while wiggling its tail to distract the predator, while it looses its tail and escapes.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 21, 2011
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