North Country explorer from Gouverneur
My herpetology class went out searching for herps in the glenmeal state forest on a wonderful warm and sunny afternoon for lab. Towards the end of the lab around 3:00 we started to search for dusky salamanders in a fast-moving steam. I lifted up a rock in the steam and saw this little guy swim away downstream. I just barely caught it so I could get a picture. I identified it as a dusky salamander (desmognathus fuscus) because it matched the coloration of a dusky salamander and it had a naso-labial groove that could aid in smelling.