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patrick
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I was tromping through my favorite stream ravine by my apartment in the middle of the city of Pittsburgh this afternoon looking for worms to feed my newts. There is an eroding shale cliffside with really fine clay soil that I often find really nice medium and small sized worms in. I was carefully making my way down the slippery slope when what should scurry across the ground in front of me but a red salamander! At first I thought it was a P. ruber and my heart jumped. I captured it quicker than I ever thought I could, I still can't remember how I ended up on the ground with the salamander in my hand but the next thing I knew it was in the little plastic box in which I keep my worms and I was rushing home to try and positively identify it. I got it here and put it in my salamander refrigerator to cool it down.
Unfortunately, it is not a P. ruber, but is a really nice specimen of Eurycea longicauda, a salamander I have never seen before, and right in the middle of the city! Amazing.
Unfortunately, I don't have access to a good camera, but if I can borrow my friends crappy digital camera before I return the salamander tonight I will post some pictures of it.
Unfortunately, it is not a P. ruber, but is a really nice specimen of Eurycea longicauda, a salamander I have never seen before, and right in the middle of the city! Amazing.
Unfortunately, I don't have access to a good camera, but if I can borrow my friends crappy digital camera before I return the salamander tonight I will post some pictures of it.