Two very cool salamanders.

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While in Wisconsin over Father's Day weekend, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Monster Truck searching for wild salamanders. There are seven native salamander species in Wisconsin, and we were out to locate one, the Blue Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale) which was one of my childhood favorites. We didn't exactly find many growing up, but it sure was exciting when we did.

I took my oldest son out to a specific location where I knew them to live, and soon we were hard at work searching for the elusive creature. As things would have it, we actually located another species, the rarest in the state! It was the Four-Toed Salmander (Hemidactylium scutatum) which is a very interesting type of lungless salamander. Eventually we also located a Blue-Spotted Salamander, and took the opportunity to photograph them together.

I had shared some video and photos of our adventure already, but I wanted to share these ones of the creatures together before I sent the files over to my external hard drive. Here they are, enjoy!

A PAIR OF SALAMANDERS - PHOTOS

Until next time…

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