Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus)

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) 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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