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Rhyacotriton variegatus
Southern Torrent Salamander

Photographer: Bradford Norman

ID: 0000 0000 0207 0167 (2007-02-05)

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date of photo Jan 27, 2006

location Second abandoned road tunout at Mill Creek, off Hwy 101, (Del Norte County, California, US)

family Rhyacotritonidae

habitat this one under downed woody debris on abandoned road off Highway 101

notes Del Norte County Salamander Distribution Surveys, with Alan Barron. Male has swollen vent lobes. These (N=2) adult males were under terrestrial wood peices far from any running water (50 to 150 meters at least). In Redwood Forest. They seem in breeding condition from swollen vent lobes.

camera Sony Digital on Macro Function

contributor's ID # 2006-27 JAN-RHVA- MILL CRK #040-BRN

photo category: Animal - Amphibian

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common names Southern Torrent Salamander (AW ) Southern Torrent Salamander (photographer)

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