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Salamander

Ambystoma mavortium

Description:

I've seen only a couple of salamanders in my life but this is the first time I get a picture of them. About 10 cm long.

Habitat:

In a creek.

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6 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Jakubko

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Beautiful! Congratulations on your first salamander photo!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Ashley for the ID. Great link, very useful.

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago

Ok so to me this looks like Ambystoma larvae, possibly Ambystoma mavortium. However, I have very little experience with larval salamanders so I am in no way confident about my ID.
I found this website, hopefully it will help, http://www.inaturalist.org/check_lists/1...

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Gerardo. I hope it is an Axolot.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow very interesting looks like a Axolot !

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Apr 29, 2012
Submitted on May 3, 2013

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