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Found a different critter on my walk tonight (beehaw.org)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Picture of a little brown and orange salamander on a pebbled sidewalk.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think this is a lizard, but probably an amphibian? Looks like the salamanders we used to catch as kids.

One of my friends pointed this out after I posted this. I don't know the difference. 😭

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Salamanders are awesome. Growing up with a pond in the garden we used to go out fishing for frogspawn and salamanders all the time.

We'd hatch the frogspawn in a large aquarium out in the yard and we would watch the little frogs grow. Great way to learn about these little critters as a kid.

Salamanders were released in the pondside vegetation and eventually claimed the pond as their own. Little guys are still hanging around, even after all these years.