Fairly common in the western third of North Carolina in cold streams, caves, springs, etc. Adults are brownish-orange to salmon-pink above with pale eye and a pale line extending from eye to corner of snout.
Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 This larva was between 3 & 4 inches long. Note the squared off snout. |
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