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Lead phase Zigzag salamander

Plethodon dorsalis

Photo by KarenL
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

3" long blue/gray salamander found under a rock close to Williamsport lakes.
Northern zigzag salamanders are distributed from southern Indiana southward through western and central Kentucky and central Tennessee. They are seasonally abundant under moist leaf litter and flat rocks, often on wooded hillsides and ravines, along shale banks, and associated with sinkholes. They have also been found in caves.

Habitat:

Damp rocky area close to Willamsport lake.

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