Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale)
Created: November 25th, 2008 - 03:18 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Patrick Moldowan
Record 20545
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Patrick Moldowan
Record 20545
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Country: Canada |
State: Ontario |
County: Niagara Regional Municipality |
Time: 2008-04-16 08:30:00 |
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Qty: 3 |
Age: -- |
Sex: Both |
Method: Trapped |
Habitat: flooded forest understory, temporary ponds |
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Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: 59.00F |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: ----- |
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Sky Conditions: ----- |
Moon Phase: ----- |
Elevation: ----- |
Barometric Pressure: ----- |
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Notes
- Photo credit goes to Dr. Wayne Weller
- ultrafine minnow traps set night before as part of an amphibian population monitoring survey
- traps checked in the morning to reveal three specimens
- tail snipping taken for research as hybridization with Ambystoma jeffersonianum suspected
- tail samples sent to Dr. Bogart at the University of Guelph
- samples revealed that the population is soley Ambystoma laterale.
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