Hello everyone,
I haven't posted on here for quite a long time, probably since pre-crash times, but I have been doing a fair amount of poking around down here over the last year and a half so I thought I'd post some pictures up. I'm going to try to get away with not resizing these out of laziness, let me know if they show up too big for you. These are pretty much chronological starting from October 2014.
With the autumn rains came black salamanders. Lots of black salamanders. Habitat (Southern OR):
Aneides flavipunctatus:
A few Scott Bar salamanders (Plethodon asupak):
A nice big black salamander from the Klamath River of Northern CA:
Southern torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton variegatus):
Del Norte salamander (Plethodon elongatus):
A few more OR black salamanders:
Ensatina:
Siskiyou Mountain salamander (Plethodon stormi):
Vehiculum or dunni? (I forget):
Clouded salamanders (Aneides ferreus). All from inland southern OR:
A few Plethodon vehiculum (including 1 from Jackson County, OR):
More OR black salamanders:
Snakes. All from various locations in Southern OR. (I should take more pictures of these):
A sleepy, cold lizard:
Tailed frogs (Ascaphus truei). All from various beautiful mountain streams in Northern CA:
Paedomorph Dicamp:
Black salamander from due north of Lake Shasta:
Wait, this one's not from the PNW... :
And me with a Masticophis...I mean Coluber:
Hope that wasn't too long for anyone.
A few Southern OR/Northern CA herps
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Wow, awesome post Colin!
I really enjoyed seeing all the black salamanders, plus the snakes too. The black and white Cal. king is a stunner. What a great photo of the lutosus in habitat. I gave it a nomination.
Hope to see more posts like this in the future!
Jeff
I really enjoyed seeing all the black salamanders, plus the snakes too. The black and white Cal. king is a stunner. What a great photo of the lutosus in habitat. I gave it a nomination.
Hope to see more posts like this in the future!
Jeff
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Great post! All those Black Salamanders were very different from any that I have seen. Nice variety too.
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Re: A few Southern OR/Northern CA herps
Thanks for posting. That lutosus habitat looks like a lot of fun to explore.
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Awesome finds dude! Gotta love those black sals. The zonata is gorgeous too.
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Awesome post!
Really liked the Cal. king and zonata! Great finds for southern Oregon!
I think I remember you from before the crash. I lived in Oregon many years ago and used to rock hunt and pan for gold all over that part of the state. Even panned for gold before they dammed up the Applegate river there.
God luck herping!
Gary
Really liked the Cal. king and zonata! Great finds for southern Oregon!
I think I remember you from before the crash. I lived in Oregon many years ago and used to rock hunt and pan for gold all over that part of the state. Even panned for gold before they dammed up the Applegate river there.
God luck herping!
Gary
Re: A few Southern OR/Northern CA herps
Colin,
Nice, thanks for posting those finds. Can't wait to see what you turn up in 2016!
Nice, thanks for posting those finds. Can't wait to see what you turn up in 2016!
Re: A few Southern OR/Northern CA herps
Fantastic finds. Get that stuff into naherp.com - some of them, like the Oregon blacks and calkings, aren't recorded too often.