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Ambystoma jeffersonianum
looking for mushrooms, found this little salamander within a log. Speckled blue! My guess is that it's a Jefferson salamander, Ambystoma jeffersonianum.
within or under logs, mossy places, etc.
The first salamander I've ever seen in NYC. A week after spotting this one, I saw another one, this time in an area where there was one red-backed salamander under almost each log. Made me think this might actually be the "leadback" phase of the red-backed salamander after some reading and research.
Spotted on Oct 30, 2010
Submitted on Nov 1, 2010
2 Comments
Jefferson salamander
another fantastic photo anne! and what an awesome discovery :)