#spring salamander

[herpsandbirds]

Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus), family Plethodontidae, Tioga County, PA, USA

photographs by David Hand

[forestfeeling]

Literally cried over the first critter

[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.

[royalreef]

[megamind0416]

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

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

[blujayonthewing]

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

[cricketchirp]

One Night, Two Nights, Three Nights...

It was a dark and dreary night. Repeat. It was a dark and dreary night. Repeat. It was a dark and dreary night. While most folks would choose to stay inside curled up by the fire while drinking a hot toddy, a number of intrepid community scientists ranging in age from 3 to 70+, donned rain gear (even waders) and reflective vests, cleansed hands of soap and moisturizer, grabbed flashlights and…

[herpsandbirds]

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

photographs by Brady O'Brien

[forestfeeling]

[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.

[spectralrxbbit]

springtime in the rainforest 🌧🌲