esn
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Hello,
Recently I identified some of the newts I found as plethodon vehiculums and ensatinas. However, I found more the other night that ranged widely in colors, and I am wondering if I have found other species of plethodon? Perhaps Dunni mixed in? I'm posting pictures of all the colors I have. The ones that seem browner and have no stripe are the largest at 5 inches.
They were all found within 10,000 square feet of each other, inhabiting the same walls as ensatina and each other with a multitude of slugs, snails, millipedes, centipedes, spiders, worms, beetles, and small unidentifiable flying bugs. All living in between rock and on moss, only coming out when it is extremely damp. All the ones I have found were found right in the ground, under no cover whatsoever.
I want to know what species are on campus so that I can do a concentration on diversity in a small area. It'd be nice to know if this is simply color diversity, or if I found two species of Plethodon.
Recently I identified some of the newts I found as plethodon vehiculums and ensatinas. However, I found more the other night that ranged widely in colors, and I am wondering if I have found other species of plethodon? Perhaps Dunni mixed in? I'm posting pictures of all the colors I have. The ones that seem browner and have no stripe are the largest at 5 inches.
They were all found within 10,000 square feet of each other, inhabiting the same walls as ensatina and each other with a multitude of slugs, snails, millipedes, centipedes, spiders, worms, beetles, and small unidentifiable flying bugs. All living in between rock and on moss, only coming out when it is extremely damp. All the ones I have found were found right in the ground, under no cover whatsoever.
I want to know what species are on campus so that I can do a concentration on diversity in a small area. It'd be nice to know if this is simply color diversity, or if I found two species of Plethodon.
