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Desmognathus monticola
Desmognathus monticola
Seal Salamander
Photographer: Sean Barry

ID: 0000 0000 0220 0216 (2020-02-05)

Copyright © 2015 Sean Barry

 
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  • date of photo  Sep 18, 2015
  • location   Dark Hollow Falls trail, Shenandoah National Park (Madison County, Virginia, US)
  • family Plethodontidae
  • order Caudata
  • class Amphibia
  • notes   D. monticola is one of the few plethodontid salamanders that frequently emerge from hiding during the daylight. This specimen was observed in the early afternoon in rock slabs at the edge of a trail where it intersected a nearly vertical stream channel
  • photo category: Animal - Amphibian

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Seal Salamander (AW ) Seal Salamander (photographer)
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