Northern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)
Last Modified: April 25th, 2013 - 02:31 PM Entered by: Stephen Leitkam
Record 1994
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County: Washington County |
Time: 2010-08-25 14:30:00 |
Qty: 1 |
Age: Sub-Adult |
Sex: -- |
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Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: 80.00F |
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Elevation: 1240.00ft |
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Habitat: Steeply incised stream channel in a forested area. The salamander wsas beneath a rock in a bedrock segment of the stream. |
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Barometric Pressure: ----- |
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Notes
Salamander was approximately 2.5 to 3.0 inches in length. There was only a single small flat rock, about 6 inches in diameter, in this segment of stream, the rest of the channel was bare bedrock. I lifted the rock and exposed the salamander and a crayfish.
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Comments
Posted by Kyle Loucks on Aug 31, 2010 at 08:59 PM
They are gems. Plentiful over here on the other side of the state, I never take them for granted. Water quality could always go down hill with development and we could lose them. Look for spring heads where seepages occur in hillsides.
Thanks for getting this in the database.
Posted by Stephen Leitkam on Aug 31, 2010 at 08:04 AM
Thanks for the comments. And if you didn’t notice I added a few photos that I feel are a bit better, but which I didn’t have access to yesterday.
And Ray, I know what you mean about not often finding these. I've only found...let me think about this...if I include this most recent one I think that brings my lifetime total up to two. In fact when I found it I made sure to document it well as I was thinking that it was a species of special concern at least. In hindsight I don't have a clue as to what put that idea into my head. I suppose I may have been thinking about something I'd read for another state; possibly gotten it confused with the mud salamander; or it may simply be because I never see them.
Posted by Jason Poston on Aug 31, 2010 at 12:32 AM
Nice find Steve. Glad to see you got it on the site.
Ray I have a spot in Fayette. Not a sure sure thing but if we go down sometime I'll take you. It is about the only plave I have seen them around here.
Posted by Ray Shearer on Aug 30, 2010 at 03:27 PM I just can't seem to find these! Nice find.