2016 Best Caudate Finds!

[AdvythAF]

As 2016 comes to an end, I'd thought I'd just make one big post compiling all my herping finds from this year. They are in chronological order. Also, check out my flickr, I post quite often; all sorts of nature photos.


And we start with a juvenile Ensatina xanthoptica that was rather dry and hot during a hot spell of the El Nino in February.
Ensatina baby dry by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Batrachoseps attenuatus, with nice light colored eyes in some grassland
goldeneyeslender 2 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Same one:
goldeneyeslender by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Very fat, very wrinkly Taricha torosa (I think) in the redwoods; March
newttorosa by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Juvenile Taricha granulosa found with the one above; March
Tgransjuvie3 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

California Giant Salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus; March
ensatusheld by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr
Same one:
ensatuseye by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Aneides lugubris, Aboreal Salamander; April
alonground by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Ensatina eschscholztii xanthoptica, a large individual; April
E.e.xlogW/CadensPetRoom by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Quite possibly the fattest Aneides lugubris I've ever seen; May
P1010345 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flick

P1010355 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Taricha granulosa, August
P1020876 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Red-coloration Batrachoseps attenuatus; November
P1030483 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Ensatina eschscholztii xanthoptica in grassland/oak woodland
P1030618 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Taricha torosa; December
P1040195 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Dicamptodon ensatus, December
P1040231 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Ensatina eschscholztii picta x oregonensis
P1040486 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

Lifers: Plethodon elongatus; December
P1040529 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

P1040570 by Advyth Ramachandran, on Flickr

 

[Chinadog]

I'm always jealous of you guys over there with your diverse amphibian species, we only have three native newt species here in the UK. There's something about that aquatic Taricha photo that makes me feel like spring isn't too far away, even though it is!

 

[Niels D]

Wish we had as much as terrestrial species here. We only have newts and a decimated population of fire salamanders. I would love to see some Dicampthodon species crawling around here.

 

[AdvythAF]

We don't have as diverse a selection of Salamandrids, here in the US (Notopthalmus and Taricha, thats about it) xD

Also, ChinaDog, in the newt in the water photo, that population has access to a pond that is filled all year round, so some stay aquatic I believe. You can find newts there at any time of the year, thats where I go in the summer when I absolutely need to find caudates