I had the opportunity to visit the Pacific Northwest a couple of weeks ago to visit a friend and one of my main goals was to find as many of the salamanders in the area as possible in the short time that I was there. We ended up finding seven different species, including this Rough-Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa) and I've come to the realization that what started out as a year-long project has turned into a personal passion that will go beyond the year. I had originally targ

Long overdue update to projects! The Year of the Salamander is well under way and I'm planning another trip to Appalachia in hopes to find a number of salamander species. I went to the lower stretch of the Appalachians in Tennessee and North Carolina in mid March in hopes to find a number of salamander species. I did find quite a few species, but not as many as I would have hoped. I did find some very neat species such as this Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) pi