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Caddo Mountain Salamander with eggs

Plethodon caddoensis

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13 Comments

Amazing!! Thank you for sharing, OkieHerper.

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 11 years ago

Awesome spotting!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Parental care Mission may applicable.... Great spotting.

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Great spotting that shows natural behavior!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

What an amazing find! Love the pic #2, too!

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago

Wow very cool! I love how you can see inside the eggs in the second photo :)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Beautiful series! How exciting this was your research species!

OkieHerper
OkieHerper 11 years ago

Thanks for all the compliments. This was my research species in grad school. I added a photo of a different female brooding eggs.

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Wonderful !

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

What a special find! Thank you so much for sharing it.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Wonderful spotting!
Welcome to the community OkieHerper!

OkieHerper
OkieHerper 11 years ago

They guard them in various different position until they hatch.

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

She is carrying her eggs? Amazing!

OkieHerper
Spotted by
OkieHerper

Mena, Arkansas, USA

Spotted on Sep 1, 2005
Submitted on Mar 1, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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