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You’ve been spotted…salamander! 🦎 This Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) was found making a trek through the snowy Shindagin Hollow State Forest. While winter movement is unusual, the mild weather and rains of mid-March are likely to have fooled the salamander into an early emergence…right smack into the snow. This may also have occurred if there was a disturbance to the salamander’s overwinter site. Although rarely seen because of their secretive habits, spotted salamanders are actually

You’ve been spotted…salamander! 🦎 This Spotted Salamander (Ambyst…

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