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Ambystoma maculatum
Ambystoma maculatum
Spotted Salamander
Photographer: Nathan Shepard

ID: 0000 0000 0812 1862 (2012-08-19)

Copyright © 2012 Nathan Shepard

 
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  • date of photo  Feb 28, 2011
  • location   Near the town of Lavalette. (Wayne County, West Virginia, US)
  • family Ambystomatidae
  • order Caudata
  • class Amphibia
  • habitat  Deciduous hardwood slope near Twelvepole Creek, near an ephemeral wetland.
  • notes   Found alive on road during light rain event at night, up slope from an ephemeral wetland. Specimen is amelanistic, meaning that this individual lack all black pigment.
  • keywords: spotted, salamander, west, virginia, ambystoma
  • camera   Canon 40D
  • photo category: Animal - Amphibian

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