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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 11:50 AM
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SallyMander still here? I just fulfilled an old promise.
Edited on Fri May-15-09 12:10 PM by Call Me Wesley
Rainy day here, so trotting along came Sparky. Hadn't time to change the big lense, so there's some DOF problem because of the short distance.

(Salamandra salamandra salamandra)
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 11:55 AM
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1. Sparky is Gorgeous!!
I love black and yellow. :hi:
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 12:12 PM
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2. They're around here
but I rarely see them. This was pretty much luck spotting the her/him. :hi:
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 12:35 PM
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3. I have snakes and toads around my house, but none are that handsome.
Nice pictures.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 12:39 PM
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4. Not really handsome, this one.
Pretty poisonous. But the snakes and frogs we mostly have here are not. ;)

Thanks! :hi:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 03:01 PM
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5. Kick for Sally!
Nice photos CMW!
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 03:02 PM
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6. Uh, thank you!
I don't think she's around, though. :hug:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 03:05 PM
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7. My dear Call Me Wesley!
Those are wonderful pictures!

You could just PM her the link and I know she'll be thrilled!

I am really enjoying looking at the little guy...

:hug:
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 03:23 PM
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9. Thank you!
Nah, I'll see her around and will tell her. No need for PMing. ;)

:hug:
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 03:15 PM
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8. "Hi folks, I'm not actually a lizard. ...
...I'm actually much closer to being a frog than any reptile."
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 03:27 PM
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10. Right, they're amphibians.
here's what one of the lizards here looks like:



:hi:
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 09:08 PM
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11. Awww, WONDERFUL!!!
Edited on Fri May-15-09 09:10 PM by SallyMander

Thanks CMW!!! :hug:

I am not around too much, but just got lucky and found this! :D I am defending my PhD dissertation next Friday (!!!) and just started a new project, working with blue-spotted salamanders. Here is a great picture of one that i just found on the web.

Hope all is well with you! :hi:

(ETA, i LOVE the mander belly in the second pic... squee!)
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 10:32 AM
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12. Thank you, Dr. SallyMander! ;)
All's well here, and a couple of days ago I actually found (besides frogs, waterbugs and dragonfly larvae and what else) one of these in my little, mostly untouched pond for the first time:

Triturus cristatus


Those blue-spotted ones are real beauties! Especially if the blue is this turquoise.

:hi:
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 10:33 AM
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13. 'zat a fire salamander?
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 11:57 AM
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14. Yep, that's what we call these.
Not sure if the 'fire' part is related to their bright-yellow or orange patterns or the poison. :hi:
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