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The blue-spotted complex is of special concern in Connecticut. They are in small pockets throughout the state.Antonsrkn wrote:Cool, its still a bit too early here. Nice finds, those are a staple around here and are the most commonly encountered salamanders atleast for me. I didn't realize they were considered endangered in any part of their range.
It is all that edge of range listing. In Ohio they are only know from three counties, but we are also ground zero for the hybrid swarms, so there may be more pure Blue-spotted out there. Regardless they are listed as Endangered in Ohio.Antonsrkn wrote:Cool, its still a bit too early here. Nice finds, those are a staple around here and are the most commonly encountered salamanders atleast for me. I didn't realize they were considered endangered in any part of their range.
That map is strange. They are all over the unshaded part of Ontario but if you find one who knows which "version" it is. It makes submitting findings practically useless and the maps we have even more useless. In Ontario there are 4 titles for 2 species... and they practically all look the same. How is anybody supposed to submit the proper thing? I'm just waiting for somebody to split up Jeffersons into more groups. That will be fun!Antonsrkn wrote:Interesting, I checked out the range map provided by IUCN...
http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=59060
Some gaps in it, wonder if that is due to a high percentage of them being "impure" hybrids there or if they're just working with dated/inaccurate records. For example I'm pretty sure I remember finding them in Ontario which doesn't have any shading at all.
