onetwentysix
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I've been herping a bit since moving to SC, and I just thought that I'd share a few photos of some animals that I've found.
I found this P. metcalfi on one of my trips into the mountains. I found a good number that day, and they really slimed me pretty good. I had a bit of a time trying to identify whether they were metcalfi or Plethodon teyahalee, but after looking up on Amphibiaweb, I saw that I was 20 east of the range of teyahalee.
P. glutinosis complex spp., P. chlorobryonis and P. cylindraceus, I think. The bottom one is definately P. chlorobryonis, though the other could be either; I found it really close to the border of the two ranges.
E. cirrigera are common in streams if you look for them.
Desmognathus spp.
I went into the mountains of NC one trip looking for P. ruber and Gyrinophilus, and managed to find this pair of larvae, G. porphyriticus dunni, possibly danielsi (again, right near the border.)
Ambystoma opacum was a big priority species for me, and I managed to find almost a dozen of them so far. Very cool animals, I'm really looking forward to scoping them out this fall during the breeding season.
This was my first N. v. viridescens, I found around 30 of them that day. They're much more photogenic in their land phase, though:
This E. quadridigitata was my one salamander from a long and expensive trip to Southern SC. Basically, everything that could have gone wrong on that trip did, and while I saw some snakes, turtles, and frogs, I didn't find any other sals until I stopped on my way home at a spot I knew and found 2 larval S. i. intermedia and 3 Necturus punctatus.
Here was a fun find; Pseudotriton ruber. The log she was under was really dry, but she was still hydrated enough to urinate all over me, repeatedly.
And of course, you can't go herping in the South without watching out for these guys!
Thanks for looking!
I found this P. metcalfi on one of my trips into the mountains. I found a good number that day, and they really slimed me pretty good. I had a bit of a time trying to identify whether they were metcalfi or Plethodon teyahalee, but after looking up on Amphibiaweb, I saw that I was 20 east of the range of teyahalee.
P. glutinosis complex spp., P. chlorobryonis and P. cylindraceus, I think. The bottom one is definately P. chlorobryonis, though the other could be either; I found it really close to the border of the two ranges.
E. cirrigera are common in streams if you look for them.
Desmognathus spp.
I went into the mountains of NC one trip looking for P. ruber and Gyrinophilus, and managed to find this pair of larvae, G. porphyriticus dunni, possibly danielsi (again, right near the border.)
Ambystoma opacum was a big priority species for me, and I managed to find almost a dozen of them so far. Very cool animals, I'm really looking forward to scoping them out this fall during the breeding season.
This was my first N. v. viridescens, I found around 30 of them that day. They're much more photogenic in their land phase, though:
This E. quadridigitata was my one salamander from a long and expensive trip to Southern SC. Basically, everything that could have gone wrong on that trip did, and while I saw some snakes, turtles, and frogs, I didn't find any other sals until I stopped on my way home at a spot I knew and found 2 larval S. i. intermedia and 3 Necturus punctatus.
Here was a fun find; Pseudotriton ruber. The log she was under was really dry, but she was still hydrated enough to urinate all over me, repeatedly.
And of course, you can't go herping in the South without watching out for these guys!
Thanks for looking!