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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
Country:
United States
State:
California
County:
Modoc County
Time:
2014-08-12 20:00:00
Qty:
1
Age:
Adult
Sex:
--
Method:
Log flipping
Habitat:
Pond in Montane Fir Forest
Body Temperature:
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Air Temperature:
61.00F
Ground Temperature:
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Humidity:
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Sky Conditions:
Cloudy
Moon Phase:
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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

Posted by Lawrence Erickson on Oct 22, 2014 at 08:27 AM

Great Record. The habitat photos are very helpful as well.