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Aneides vagrans
Aneides vagrans
Wandering Salamander
Photographer: William Flaxington

ID: 0000 0000 0202 0071 (2002-02-07)

Copyright © 2006 William Flaxington

 
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  • date of photo  Jan 14, 2002
  • latitude 39.27453   longitude -123.75513   max error distance 4505 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Van Damme State Park (Mendocino County, California, US)
  • family Plethodontidae
  • order Caudata
  • class Amphibia
  • habitat  Redwood Forest
  • notes   During cold, frosty weather, five specimens discovered beneath bark of fallen Douglas Firs. Logs possessed firm interior, loose bark, and rested on the ground or above soil, supported by other fallen trees or by odd angle of collapse. Their dorsal pattern is dark with irregular mottling or marbling of lighter gray and pale speckles. Below light gray and unmarked or marked with pale speckles. Four examined: male showing mental gland measured SVL 57 mm (2¼ in.), TL 102 mm (4 in.); male SVL 51 mm (2 in.), TL 89 mm (3½ in.); female SVL 58 mm (2¼ in.), TL 108 mm (4¼ in.); female SVL 58 mm (2¼ in.), TL 108 mm (4¼ in.).
  • photo category: Animal - Amphibian

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