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Red-Backed Salamander

Posted by Fred Nentwick,
North Country explorer from Gouverneur
April 22, 2019 —

On this beautiful spring day my herpetology class went out searching for vernal pools containing herp eggs and spermatophores. While walking between vernal pools we searched underneath some forest debris for salamanders. I flipped a log and found this slow-moving red-backed salamander next to a vernal pool.