Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens)
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6 Salamanders in Los Angeles That Prove the City Is Wilder Than You Think
Most people picture highways, palm trees, and sprawling neighborhoods when they think of Los Angeles — not secretive amphibians slipping through leaf litter after a winter rain. Yet salamanders in Los Angeles are a genuine, fascinating reality, quietly thriving in urban gardens, oak-shaded canyons, and protected mountain wilderness alike. Six distinct species navigate this sprawling metropolis, each with its own survival strategy, microhabitat preference, and biological quirk worth […]
9 Salamanders Found in Central Texas: Species, Habitats, and Conservation Status
Central Texas is home to one of the most remarkable concentrations of salamander diversity in North America, and most people drive right over their habitats without knowing it. Tucked beneath the limestone karst of the Edwards Aquifer, scattered across spring-fed pools, and hidden in the crevices of the Texas Hill Country, these small amphibians have evolved in near-total isolation for millions of years. Many of the salamanders found here exist nowhere else on Earth. Several are permanently […]
An axolotl. Axolotls are having a moment – our passion for these cute little salamanders means they are everywhere online but vanishingly rare in the wild, where the species is under increasing threat.
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Some pictures from the San leandro reservoir on a wet day perfect for amphibian herping.
we saw tons of the slender #salamanders, too many to count. so far one Ensatina and one Newt. The newts are extremely toxic with sequestered tetrodotoxin
In the snow, these #salamanders get supercool https://www.npr.org/2025/12/24/nx-s1-5649922/snow-ice-blue-spotted-salamanders-supercool preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.28.645960v1.full
"blue-spotted salamanders can be seen walking on snow, but it was thought that this happened when temperatures had warmed up a bit... now, the researchers had a thermal camera with them... some salamanders had temperatures below freezing... they apparently have some kind of natural anti-freeze that allows them to become supercooled... letting them start their breeding as early as possible"
For the last 20 years, Dominican nuns in a Mexican monastery have cared for the largest known captive population of the critically endangered achoque salamander. Now scientists from Chester Zoo in the U.K. are collaborating with the sisters and Mexican conservationists to test a microchipping method that they hope will help them monitor the species’ dwindling wild population, reports Mongabay’s Liz Kimbrough.
For the last 20 years, Dominican nuns in a Mexican monastery have cared for the largest known captive population of the critically endangered achoque salamander. Now scientists from Chester Zoo in the U.K. are collaborating with the sisters and Mexican conservationists to test a microchipping method that they hope will help them monitor the species’ […]
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