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Salamander

Started by Guest_cjohns_* , Oct 11 2014 03:44 PM

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#1 Guest_cjohns_*

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Posted 11 October 2014 - 03:44 PM

Kentucky salamander from a small stream tributary of Salt River.

Kentucky salamander from a small stream tributary of Salt River.

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#2 Michael Wolfe

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North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 11 October 2014 - 03:58 PM

that's really hard to see... looks like external gills in the lower pic...

can you edit these pictures to just the salamandar? that makes it appear bigger on the screen

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#3 littlen

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Washington, D.C.

Posted 11 October 2014 - 04:00 PM

It is hard to tell....but that square looking jaw and paddle-like tail sure makes it look like a larval Mudpuppy.

Nick L.

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#4 Guest_cjohns_*

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Posted 11 October 2014 - 04:08 PM

I'll edit and upload again once I get out of these waders!

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#5 Guest_cjohns_*

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Posted 11 October 2014 - 04:19 PM

Definitely has external gills.

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#6 Guest_cjohns_*

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Posted 11 October 2014 - 04:55 PM

So looks like he is a mudpuppy from what I can tell. But I'm not sure.

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#7 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 11 October 2014 - 06:17 PM

Eastern Kentucky's larval mudpuppy look like this. http://www.bio.umass...er/mudpup2.html

Very obvious arrowhead shape on their heads. I know there are several species of smaller mudpuppy, and I do not really know their distribution. It does look mudpuppyish but it does not look like maculosus.