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Published: 2008-04-26 06:09:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 889; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 22
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This is the Dark-sided (ex-Longtail) Salamander, Eurycea longicauda.You can also see this over at the group ~DeviantHerps
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Well, poke to you too. I take it this means you like the picture lol
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I want to poke him, he looks so squishy. Though I imagine he would not like it. Also, the coloring indicates he may be poisonous.
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They're pretty twitchy when you touch them, they move surprisingly fast. A lot of salamanders have some amount of toxin in their skins, but usually not enough to bother humans, unless you rub it in your eyes.
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gorgeous longicada!
The photo is great, I really love the contrasting color on the leaves.
I spent two months working in the Cookson Hills WMA (southeast OK) doing a herpetological survey with the Sam Noble museum...We found loads of these guys, they're a blast to look for and find. I wish I'd had my DSLR at the time!
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Glad you like the pic! This guy was found on Nature Conservancy land up in the Ozarks. This trip was the first time I had seen salamanders in any sort of numbers.
Ever make it down to Little River NWR? Pretty awesome place. I hope to make it back to Oklahoma someday to herp.
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I've never been there actually. I've done casual herping in a lot of areas as a boy scout (got Eagle in 2005). I really only stayed in scouts for a long time because I got to travel around Oklahoma, plus a little in KS and AR, and I really added a lot to my species lists on those trips! But the Ozarks are absolutely gorgeous. A student who just graduated did his doctoral dissertation on plethodon salamanders from that area, and so we've got a lot of specimens from the area at our museum. Absolutely gorgeous scenery and so many salamanders!
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salamander, actually... but yes, a very awesome specimen.
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no, it was wild caught in oklahoma.
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