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It's probably a hybrid of the blue salamanders as it does not mach any of the other species listed on the site. See notation regarding hybrids "Note: Across much of Lower Michigan, populations of Blue spotted Salamanders often include many hybrid individuals that may appear stouter and grayer, with fewer or no blue spots on the sides. Most hybrids are triploid females. (Normal salamanders are diploid, having two sets of chromosomes in their body cells; triploid salamanders have an extra set). Hybrid populations result from the breeding of Blue-spotted Salamanders with other members of the Ambystoma genus."
Jiminy! So cute!!!
Thank you for the ID bayucca!
Thank you for the ID!!
Thank you. These were impossible to miss in the Poconos Mountain areas. They would come and rest on the walls of the house.
Thanks Mandy!
I think he was about two inches long.
