Wednesday, April 7

Spotted Salamanders

I went out last night during a thunderstorm and managed to catch 9 spotted salamanders. After photographing them and measuring their length, I let them go. Tempting to keep on as a pet, but since they spend almost their entire lives underground, there wouldn't be much to see.
The biggest one was 8.25" long, which is well above average.
Here are a few photos:


All 9 of them.


The biggest one.


The prettiest one.


Shortly after capture.












Playing out in the rain in the middle of the night...

1 comment:

SCR said...

Wow great pictures and super cute... my always-muddy boys liked looking at these, so thanks for sharing!
-Shannon (shannoncoghlan.com)