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Topic: First personal herp of the new year...

Flipped a few of these guys along a small stream this afternoon...

E. tynerensis - Oklahoma sallies
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/384545_10150486807779401_664124400_8763154_331286089_n.jpg

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Re: First personal herp of the new year...

Nice pic of a tough to photograph species.  I have yet to take one that's very good.

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Re: First personal herp of the new year...

Nice find, Mike. What kind of habitat did you find it in?

"They are just not right in the head. For the record, I wasn't talking about the ostriches!"-Mike Rowe

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Re: First personal herp of the new year...

Thanks Kory and Tobin. They were all flipped under small rocks in the splash zone of a small but flowing creek.

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Re: First personal herp of the new year...

Found this guy today too.

Plethodon angusticlavius - Ozark zig zag (Patterless or "Leadback" phase)
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/395650_10150490769759401_664124400_8777146_1362700900_n.jpg

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Re: First personal herp of the new year...

You are racking up on the plethodonids. You must have some good spots.

"They are just not right in the head. For the record, I wasn't talking about the ostriches!"-Mike Rowe

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Re: First personal herp of the new year...

Mike,

Looks like you get a yearly first category with the salamanders of "special status."  I believe you are the first in this category.

not all dung is created equal (pellets, juicy pads, partially undigested, fully digested, big quantities, small quantities)--Paul Skelley