#spring salamander

[herpsandbirds]

Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus), family Plethodontidae, MD, USA

photographs by Brady O'Brien

[forestfeeling]

Literally cried over the first critter

[angel-inbloom]

i want to see a salamander!!

[lake-lady]

From the forest...everything is turning very green 💚

[petra-constella]

Ozark Zigzag Salamander - Plethodon angusticlavius

The first image is one of my two favorite photos from my entire trip down to Missouri and Arkansas. The focus turned out exactly how I was hoping and it cause plenty of detail on this tiny little guy. Having seen many Red-backed Salamanders in the past, we thought this was one, especially since they're so similar, but after some helpful reviews on INaturalist we determined it was the Zigzag - likely due to the region in which we found it, and how plentiful these guys are in the area! This will definitely be one of the first photos I take with me as a print to sell at shows.

[vandaliatraveler]

A few mementos from a short hike on the Virgin Hemlock Tail this morning. Cold, damp weather has settled into NC West Virginia, but any rain is welcome following an unusually dry winter and spring (opposite of the West Coast). From top: the ever balletic but stinky red trillium (Trillium erectum); long-spurred violet (Viola rostrata); wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia), longing for a burst of sun to open its flowers; trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens), a ground-hugging shrub in the heath family; early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum); and an Eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus), a terrestrial salamander of rich, damp mountain woods.

[salamansir]

Fnaf has me in a chokehold 💀

[scarecrow-in-a-hatake]

Leave locked in a chakra suppressing room with Guy & Lee during a Springtime of Youth speech, send to the Kamui dimension, overthrow, or assassinate?

Danzo, Onoki, Yagura Karatachi & Hanzo of the Salamander.

Very interesting lineup you've got there. Trying to get me in trouble, are you?

Tsuchikage-dono can visit Kamui so long as he agrees and can come back right afterwards. If not, he can have the speech. Gai and Lee are both very earnest. Shouldn't end too badly.

Alternatively, Danzo could have the speech, if I got to talk with Gai beforehand— you didn't say they couldn't do anything other than give their spiel, so. Two of Konoha's physically strongest, most loyal shinobi against a decrepit old man. What I wouldn't have given when I was younger to ████ ████ ███████ █████ ██ █ ██████████████████ ████ ███ █ ██████.

Overthrow Yondaime Mizukage-dono. I think Konoha might have been able to manage it in the months leading up to his death, anyways, although the chakra drain of casting and holding a genjutsu on a tailed beast with only one mangekyo sharingan might have put me out of commission for a long, long while. Or in the ground.

Purely theoretically in only the military and combative sense, of course. Getting approval from our daimyo to do so and then dealing with the fallout and annexation of Water would have been too large an ordeal and a political nightmare in reality, nevermind a breach of the terms of the peace treaty from the end of the Third War.

And assassinate Hanzo of the Salamander. Problem is that doing so would've been a suicide mission no matter if you tried stealth or on the battlefield. Shame that we never got to interrogate Pain on how exactly he pulled that one off, although I have my suspicions.

[winged-wolf-s-collection-of-arts]

thinking more thoughts!!

Kiley time-

I uh- kind of poured all my chaotic energy into her, and separated her from the rest of the npc cast? Otherwise the dialogue would get totally fucked, and my ‘I need to hit this story with a drama nuke’ desire would cause trouble.

So she’s uhhh off on her adventure of a different genre. (But stuff she does Will affect things... dun dun dunnnn) but dude Wow she would be so irritated by Jun. Good thing we’re going to Sanctuary to leave them and take Preston.... OR THAT IS WHAT I WOULD SAY if she didn’t want to be anywhere near the vault!! We’re going somewhere else, babeyyyyy! Maybe talking with him and Murphy would bring some understanding (is what I would say if I were doing big character development in the beginning but we’re not!!) Shoving my desire for conflict into this.

[royalreef]

[megamind0416]

Friendly reminder that herping season is right around the corner!!

So excited to go in the woods and look for critters again :)

[herpsandbirds]

Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus), family Plethodontidae, Western MD, USA

photograph by Brady O'brien 

[forestfeeling]

[blujayonthewing]

gritting my teeth clenching my fists I need nature nerd friends again so fucking bad

[lake-lady]

I named this eft Fig for Fig NEWTon (his full name)

[petra-constella]

Spotted Salamander - Ambystoma maculatum Loved this little guy! Me and my Fiancé got to talk to a nice park ranger at a state park we visited in Arkansas, and upon hearing that we were looking for Salamanders to photograph, he showed us this cute fella! The fog in his eyes are likely due to age, mainly, as he said he was around 17 (if I remember correctly)! They still use him for educational shows at the park and I'm sure he gets the care he needs! At a nearby pond that the ranger told us about, we also saw multiple spotted salamanders swimming up and down to the surface, presumably to catch bugs or air but we weren't really sure! We wouldn't be able to get any photos in that moment, but a few days later we did in a different area.