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Plethodon glutinosus
Can be black to blueish black white white or gold speckling. Goes to 7 inches in length. This salamander lives in moist, undisturbed woodlands and moist wooded ravines. Males have a mental gland on chin which females lack. When threaten the slimy salamander secrets a glue like substance that is this and hard to get off. There is no aquatic stage for this salamander they hatch into fully developed salamander.
Found on a rocky hill side under rock
Spotted on Aug 18, 2012
Submitted on Jan 12, 2013
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