Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Dabney S. Lancaster Community
College
Clifton Forge, Virginia
It's difficult to get good pictures of our salamander study in the dense canopy of Laurel Fork.
Getting ready to sample our first site of the day.
Searching for salamanders on Buck Run -- on the trail and in the water.
Lunch along Buck Run Trail.
Recording data during our study.
A selection of salamanders from today's study
The eye stripe clearly visible here tells us that this salamander is a "dusky" (Desmognathus genus).
For the first time in many years (2003) we caught a significant number of Wehrle's salamanders.
You know when you catch a slimy salamander -- that's a name as well as a description.
This red-backed salamander shows the "lead-backed" color.
Seal salamanders have especially "buggy" eyes.
We had a lot of neonates this year, including the mountain dusky above and the red-backed below.
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