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Dark-sided Salamander (Eurycea longicauda melanopleura)

Created: February 10th, 2020 - 05:37 PM
Last Modified: February 10th, 2020 - 05:41 PM
Entered by: Nathan Richendollar
Record 332094
Country:
United States
State:
Missouri
County:
Greene County
Time:
2020-02-09 17:00:00
Qty:
5
Age:
Varying
Sex:
Both
Method:
Visual encounter
Habitat:
cave entrance and streambed
Body Temperature:
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Air Temperature:
55.00F
Ground Temperature:
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Humidity:
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Sky Conditions:
Drizzle
Moon Phase:
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Elevation:
850.00ft
Barometric Pressure:
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Notes

In crevices near the entrance of a cave, and in the stream flowing from it, Bethany and I saw six Dark-sided sals (one of which was the pictured larvae, and five adults) on an evening visit and a return visit after dark. Bethany vouchered a light-colored, near-translucent specimen already, thus I'm recording the other five. We took pictures of two, one sub-adult/small adult and one larvae, while the other three were too far back in the rock crevices to take pictures. There were several hibernating bats present in the cave crevices, as well as one Pickerel Frog.

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