firedreams
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- Lydia
I was in northeastern Ontario over the weekend and managed to get in some herping.
It has been a hot and dry summer in the north this year and I was not optimistic about finding any salamanders. After about an hour of turning over rocks and fallen logs in the forest, I was going to call it a day when I turned over a pack of moss to find an adult Blue-Spotted Salamander curled up underneath. I then turned over an adjacent clump of moss and found a second! Both were large, plump and healthy looking, although the second specimen was in the process of regrowing his tail.
The following day I headed out to a nearby lake and was pleased to find several young leopard frogs and morphing tadpoles.
Pics are attached!
It has been a hot and dry summer in the north this year and I was not optimistic about finding any salamanders. After about an hour of turning over rocks and fallen logs in the forest, I was going to call it a day when I turned over a pack of moss to find an adult Blue-Spotted Salamander curled up underneath. I then turned over an adjacent clump of moss and found a second! Both were large, plump and healthy looking, although the second specimen was in the process of regrowing his tail.
The following day I headed out to a nearby lake and was pleased to find several young leopard frogs and morphing tadpoles.
Pics are attached!
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