Southern Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum)
Created: August 19th, 2014 - 03:10 PM
Last Modified: October 22nd, 2014 - 02:35 PM Entered by: Will Flaxington
Record 198990
Last Modified: October 22nd, 2014 - 02:35 PM Entered by: Will Flaxington
Record 198990
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Country: United States |
State: California |
County: Modoc County |
Time: 2014-08-12 20:00:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: Adult |
Sex: -- |
Method: Log flipping |
Habitat: Pond in Montane Fir Forest |
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Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: 61.00F |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: ----- |
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Sky Conditions: Cloudy |
Moon Phase: ----- |
Elevation: 7325.00ft |
Barometric Pressure: ----- |
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Notes
It was thrilling to find an adult. Prior days, including the morning were extremely wet with T-storms soaking the mountains with rain. Larvae also spotted.
The adult was examined for traits of A. m. macrodactylum, but morphologically appeared as the subspecies A. m. sigillatum and closely resembled sigillatum from the distant Cascade Mtns in Siskiyou County.
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Comments
Great Record. The habitat photos are very helpful as well.