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northern red salamander

Pseudotriton r. ruber

Description:

red/orange body with black spots, yellow eyes about 6 inches in length, texture is rubbery

Habitat:

Fairly common in the piedmont and mountains of NC, this species can be distinguished by a combination of yellow eyes, bold black spots, and red-orange body

Notes:

He was hanging out in a bed of leaves that had been in my yard for a while.

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9 Comments

Ronald Lo
Ronald Lo 11 years ago

Beautiful creature! too bad we don't have them in Malaysia, the most are skinks... :)

Daacwen
Daacwen 11 years ago

Thanks for all the favs

Daacwen
Daacwen 11 years ago

thank you neil

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 11 years ago

Great series of photographs!

Daacwen
Daacwen 11 years ago

yeah I was cleaning the yard, I almost picked him up and tossed him to the kids because they have toys like that. Lol then I realized he was real and snagged photos instead

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

This species always reminds me of a rubber toy. They don't even look real! :-)

Daacwen
Daacwen 11 years ago

Thank you williefromwi

williefromwi
williefromwi 11 years ago

From reading your notes as to where you found him, I suspect he was hanging out in his favorite diner. A nice decaying leaf pile is perfect habitat both for him, and many of the things he loves to feast upon. Thanks for sharing your spotting with us.

oxyjack
oxyjack 11 years ago

Beautiful creature, nice spotting!

Daacwen
Spotted by
Daacwen

Franklin, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on May 28, 2012
Submitted on May 29, 2012

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