Although we studied a single population of Shasta salamanders, it is likely that this population is exemplary of other local populations due to the limited range of this species or species complex and the similarity in landscape characteristics where neighboring populations are found.
When the yellow eggs open, larvae less than an inch long wriggle free.
Each stage has its own coloration and patterns and consumes somewhat different prey, although each retains the usual salamander preference for a carnivorous diet.
The mountain dusky salamander ranges from New York to northern Georgia and Alabama.
SALAMANDERS Order Caudata Above, L-R Figure II-4, A Jefferson salamander explores its icy retreat following a late spring snowfall.
Description of a new fish of the family Galaxiidae from Western Australia.