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re: New species of Salamander discovered in Alabama, Florida panhandle

Posted on 12/11/18 at 6:52 am to
Posted by MorningWood
On the coast of North Mexico
Member since May 2009
2671 posts
Posted on 12/11/18 at 6:52 am to
Exactly. These aren’t new. You can catch tons of these after a hard rain by putting a dip net in front of a colvert in the swamp.

Use to catch them and use them for bait on Candy lake. Caught my first 8lb bass with one of these.
Posted by Teague
The Shoals, AL
Member since Aug 2007
21699 posts
Posted on 12/11/18 at 6:57 am to
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Exactly. These aren’t new. You can catch tons of these after a hard rain by putting a dip net in front of a colvert in the swamp.




Do you guys know how many different species of salamanders there are in the US? Almost 200. And nearly all of them go through a larval stage where they live in water and have gills. Most of them leave the water and lose the external gills in the adult stage, but not all. And many of them look very similar.

In short, just because you've seen a salamander doesn't mean this isn't a newly described species.
This post was edited on 12/11/18 at 7:12 am
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5150 posts
Posted on 12/11/18 at 8:15 am to
you are thinking of an amphiuma very common in ditches this is a type of siren
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