So, I don't make posts very often anymore. With what feels like a million things going on in my life and what feels like far too many hobbies, I find myself absent from the forum. With that in mind, I'll try my best to at least cover most of the salamanders I was able to see this year. When going through my yearly photos I realize just how many species I didn't photograph because I have decent photos of them already.
Without further ado, here they are; not in order of appearance, but instead in order of genus, species..blah, blah.
Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri), from North Central Kentucky:
Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) from a different location in Kentucky:
Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Habitat:
Ambystoma barbouri habitat by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Smallmouth Salamander (Ambystoma texanum) from Southern Illinois:
Smallmouth Salamander (Ambystoma texanum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Jefferson Salamanders (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) from North Central Kentucky:
Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) from coastal South Carolina:
Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Larval Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) from North Central Florida:
Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Mabee's Salamanders (Ambystoma mabeei) from Southern North Carolina:
Mabee's Salamander (Ambystoma mabeei) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Mabee's Salamanders (Ambystoma mabeei) from Southern North Carolina:
Mabee's Salamander (Ambystoma mabeei) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Male Frosted Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) from the Florida panhandle:
Frosted Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Gravid female Frosted Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) from the Florida panhandle:
Frosted Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) from North Central Florida:
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) from coastal South Carolina:
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) from the Florida panhandle:
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Larval Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) from North Central Florida:
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) from coastal South Carolina:
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) from Southern Illinois:
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
A metamorph Eastern Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) from North Central Florida:
Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Larval Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) from Central Florida:
Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Eastern Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) from North Central Kentucky:
Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
One-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter) from the Florida panhandle:
One-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus) from North Georgia:
Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Apalachicola Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus apalachicolae) from the Florida panhandle:
Apalachicola Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus apalachicolae) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus carolinensis) from Western North Carolina:
Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus carolinensis) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Spotted Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus conanti) from North Georgia:
Spotted Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus conanti) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Dwarf Black-bellied Salamander (Desmognathus folkertsi) from Northeast Georgia:
Dwarf Black-bellied Salamander (Desmognathus folkertsi) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Shovel-nosed Salamanders (Desmognathus marmoratus) from Northeast Gerogia:
Shovel-nosed Salamander (Desmognathus marmoratus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Shovel-nosed Salamander (Desmognathus marmoratus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Ocoee Salamander (Desmognathus ocoee) from Northeast Georgia:
Ocoee Salamander (Desmognathus ocoee) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Black-bellied Salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) from Northeast Georgia:
Black-bellied Salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Northern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata) from Eastern Maryland:
Northern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) from the Florida panhandle:
Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) from the Florida panhandle:
Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Three-lined Salamander (Eurycea guttolineata) from the Florida panhandle:
Three-lined Salamander (Eurycea guttolineata) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) from Northwest Georgia:
Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata) from North Central Florida:
Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea cf. quadridigitata) from Southern Alabama:
Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea cf. quadridigitata) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Carolina Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus dunni) from North Georgia:
Carolina Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus dunni) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus v. viridescens) from Northwest Georgia:
Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus v. viridescens) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Blue Ridge Gray-cheeked Salamander (Plethodon amplus) from Western North Carolina:
Blue Ridge Gray-cheeked Salamander (Plethodon amplus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander (Plethodon montanus) from Western North Carolina:
Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander (Plethodon montanus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Northern Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) from Eastern Maryland:
Northern Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Northern Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) from Eastern Maryland:
Northern Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Southern Redback Salamander (Plethodon serratus) from North Georgia:
Southern Redback Salamander (Plethodon serratus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) from Northwest Georgia:
Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Southeastern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon grobmani) from the Florida panhandle:
Southeastern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon grobmani) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
South Carolina Slimy Salamander (Plethodon variolatus) from coastal South Carolina:
South Carolina Slimy Salamander (Plethodon variolatus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
White-Spotted Slimy Salamander (Plethodon cylindraceus) from Western North Carolina:
White-Spotted Slimy Salamander (Plethodon cylindraceus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Yonahlossee Salamander (Plethodon yonahlossee) from Western North Carolina:
Yonahlossee Salamander (Plethodon yonahlossee var. longricus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Yonahlossee Salamander (Plethodon yonahlossee var. longricus) from Western North Carolina:
Yonahlossee Salamander (Plethodon yonahlossee var. longricus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Pigeon Mountain Salamander (Plethodon petraeus) from Northwest Georgia:
Pigeon Mountain Salamander (Plethodon petraeus) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Northern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton r. ruber) from Northwest Georgia:
Northern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber ruber) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Northern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber ruber) from Northwest Georgia:
Northern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber ruber) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
Southern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber vioscai) from the Florida Panhandle:
Southern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber vioscai) by Jake Scott, on Flickr
I've chalked up many a mile (in Jimmy Buffett vernacular, that's thousands upon thousands) this year. More 3/4 of those trips involved looking for salamanders, and I was able to see most of my goals.
Good year, on to the next.
-Jake Scott
All them salamanders of 2015
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Re: All them salamanders of 2015
So many salamanders! I've only got 6 species this year. Wow, I've got to hit up a bunch of salamanders and FAST before 2016!! haha
- Josh Holbrook
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Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Man - bet me at my own game! You got 9/12 Ambystoma east of the Mississippi, I got 8/12. Well played, sir.
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
It wasn't entirely intentional, but I did want to knock of barbouri which was my only lifer ambystoma. I didn't get to Maine for my laterale this year, which was disappointing. Had to many other things I needed to do with not enough vacation time.
Until next year, good fellow!
-Jake
Until next year, good fellow!
-Jake
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Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Killer shots, as usual. Was that barbouri stream a temporary or permanent one? It looks like a lot of permanent streams that I see. Not sure if I'd be able to tell them apart just by looking. Were you finding them in the creeks themselves or in the adjacent terrestrial?
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Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Very nice, Jake! Great selection. I appreciate the effort it takes to put together a post of this magnitude with so much else that is going on in life.
I loved the tigers in particular. All the Plethodons and Desmognathus were a treat too. And I can't forget the other Ambystoma! I need to get up to Maryland/Virginia/Kentucky one day so I can track some of these critters down.
--Berkeley
I loved the tigers in particular. All the Plethodons and Desmognathus were a treat too. And I can't forget the other Ambystoma! I need to get up to Maryland/Virginia/Kentucky one day so I can track some of these critters down.
--Berkeley
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Thank you Kyle! This is a permanent/semi-permanent stream. It probably flows year round at some level and may go dry periodically. They will breed in the shallower slower moving portions of permanent, rocky streams, however. We saw literally hundreds of barbouri crossing a road heading for this stream.Kyle from Carolina wrote:Killer shots, as usual. Was that barbouri stream a temporary or permanent one? It looks like a lot of permanent streams that I see. Not sure if I'd be able to tell them apart just by looking. Were you finding them in the creeks themselves or in the adjacent terrestrial?
-Jake
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Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Lot's of great photos man. Makes me want to spend more of next year looking for more salamanders.
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
You have to escape N. Florida/S. Georgia first. It's not like you sleep, you can just go. haha.Josh Young wrote:Lot's of great photos man. Makes me want to spend more of next year looking for more salamanders.
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Re: All them salamanders of 2015
I am just in awe of your photography. So amazingly beautiful.
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Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Absolutely phenomenal finds and photos!
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Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Incredible year you've had, Jake.
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Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Jake, your salamander photography is ridiculous. What lens are you using? Twin macro flash, I reckon?
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Damn homie!
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Re: All them salamanders of 2015
WE'RE NOT WORTHY; WE'RE NOT WORTHY
You've now become a caudate god!!!!!
PS Door is always open up here for D. organi, E. wilderae, etc.
You've now become a caudate god!!!!!
PS Door is always open up here for D. organi, E. wilderae, etc.
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Thanks a lot! Yes indeed filtered flashes with a Sigma 150mm and Sigma 105mm macros. Both great lenses, really.ChadHarrison wrote:Jake, your salamander photography is ridiculous. What lens are you using? Twin macro flash, I reckon?
I will likely take you up on that at some point, I'd love to get up and salamander with you.BillMcGighan wrote:PS Door is always open up here for D. organi, E. wilderae, etc.
-Jake
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Damn, this is like KW's old pre-crash salamander post, but with better photos. And all from one year. Epic, Jake. Were gonna have to meet up in MD next time you are up there and chase after some redback salamanders and two-lineds.
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Great stuff, Jake! It was good to meet you this summer. You sure had a helluva year on 'manders! That was pretty epic.
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
DANG!!! I love me them salamanders. Especially the Ambystomids. Great photos.
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Very nice photographs of a plethora of Salamanders!