My first in many, many years. A very lucky find.
He scurried away too quickly under a log before I could snap a photo.
Along trail returning from Glen Camp in Pt. Reyes NS. Perhaps 1 mile from camp on narrow path on wet, foggy morning. Full grown. Perhaps 8-9" long to end of tail. Picked it up and moved it off trail. Very docile. Not barked at nor bitten!
In the middle of the trail. We took a few photos then moved it out of the way.
This is the same section of trail i saw one of these before. Must be a good location for them
4-5 Inch Marbeled Salamander seen coming out of leaf litter bordering freshwater creek.
4-5 Inch Marbeled Salamander seen coming out of leaf litter bordering freshwater creek.
Four or five inch salamander with black belly and white thick stripes on the back.
Mole salamanders (genus Ambystoma) are a group of salamanders endemic to North America, the only genus in the family Ambystomatidae. The group has become famous due to the presence of the Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), widely used in research, and the Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma mavortium) which is the official amphibian of many states, and often sold as a pet.
