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Monday, May 7, 2012

Rainy season salamander

I haven't posted about amphibians yet, so here are two pictures Carlie took with her phone of a yellow-eyed ensatina she found.  We had been searching for hours under logs and rocks in Cave Gulch, above Porter Cave, and had almost given up when Carlie lifted up a log and there this guy was.  Ensatinas are lungless salamanders, which means they breathe through their skin instead of into lungs.

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