Slimy Salamander (Plethodon sp.), Macon County, North Carolina
Potentially a hybrid between jordani & teyahalee?
At Kephart shelter found alongside a bunch of Jordan’s red cheekers.
West slope Temblor Range. I have not found any range maps that include the Temblors in the range of Ensatina (?).
https://californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/e.e.eschscholtzii.html
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=1439&inline=1
Update: whereas no range maps include the Temblor Range, including the Stebbins, Wake, and others work on ring species, not surprisingly Dr. Sam Sweet has collected an Ensatina from this area, http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ccber/herps?id=urn-catalog-ccber-herps-31720
Multiple egg masses found on this date at this location.
Seal is my guess but I’m not positive because of the bright yellow
stayed still with head raised for a few minutes and then bolted off.
An Eurycea with a very long tail but the color pattern of a two-lined salamander...
12 toads seen on a dry night. This population is out of range, found by listening to the sound while driving on a rainy night.
Length 6-7 inches; found at approximately 3600 feet elevation. Wondering if this is an aberrant Yonahlossee or possibly a hybrid of two Plethodon species.
Another very odd individual. About 3 inches long so i'm assuming they would usually have an entirely red back by now but there was only some red and it was just small spots of it similar to the "bat cave" variety. Only the second one I've found on this part and this low on the mountain the other also lacked most color which is odd because further up the mountain all individuals I've found have been typical as far as coloration goes.
Looked sort of odd to me, probably a weird white spotted slimy but it sort of reminded me of a grey cheeked. The possibility of a hybrid ran through my mind but I think its unlikely.