Field work in DeSoto National Forest, MS.

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Here are a few pics of the salamanders I've found and had the chance to take good pics of during field work on my current project. The first two are of different spotted dusky salamanders (Desmognathus conanti) and the last one is of a Gulf Coast waterdog larva (Necturus beyeri).
 

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Caught another N. beyeri larva in my litter traps! This one was larger and with a more well defined pattern.
 

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I've been meaning to post this photo for a while. It's an extreme close up taken of a Desmognathus conanti larva that I caught in DeSoto. It was taken with a dissecting scope from the entomology lab (so the scope is meant to be used to take photos of invertebrate larvae). The coolest part about it was that you could see the blood flowing through the larva's gills.
 

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That's friggin' sweet, Lamb.
 
Kaysie said:
That's friggin' sweet, Lamb.
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Thanks! I wish I could use the scope to take a pic of the P. ruber and N. beyeri larvae I have, but the scope was as "zoomed out" as it could be when taking the pic of the D. conanti.
 
Does it have an open base? Or is there a platform to set the petri dishes on? If it's open base, you can raise the scope up by putting it on a notebook or something.
 
No, it's attached to a base/platform. BUT I think my DSLR and macro lens will be able to get some good head shots of the larvae in the lab that are too big to put under that scope.
 
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