Black Salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus)

Created: February 13th, 2015 - 01:41 AM
Last Modified: February 14th, 2015 - 06:06 PM Entered by: Alan St. John
Record 215770

Country: United States		State: Oregon	County: Jackson County	Time: 1982-07-05 14:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Log flipping	Habitat: Mixed conifers, oak and madrone.
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 75.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 2400.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

After a rain storm, found under a rotting log in the Upper Applegate River drainage of the Siskiyou Mountains.

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Comments

Posted by Jonathan Hakim on Feb 14, 2015 at 09:25 PM

Great record! This is the first Black Salamander entered in Oregon.

Posted by Alan St. John on Feb 14, 2015 at 06:05 PM

Thanks for the correction. It's indeed Aneides flavipunctatus. Being a smallish specimen, the relative narrow head and slim body fooled my eye into thinking it was a Plethodon.

Posted by Steve Zimmerman on Feb 13, 2015 at 02:39 PM

Are you sure this is P. stormi and not Aneides flavipunctatus? It looks a couple of costal grooves short of stormi and the greenish/silver frosting is more typical of flavipunctatus in that area.