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Backyard Herping in CA!

AdvythAF

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The creek next to my house became green this year because of the rains we have gotten here in CA. So I thought, why don't I go look for some salamanders? It was a cloudy, chilly and I think I found some Batrachoseps attenuatus! I found two, one large one, and what looked like to be a juvenile. The pictures below are of the large one.

Although I found this time of year, does anybody know what they do in the summer when it gets really hot and dry? I wonder how they survive being fully terrestrial.
 

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elKendo97

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Thanks for sharing it, I imagine that during the summer are buried under rocks and logs, where moisture and is slightly freshest
 
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