Ambystoma gracile
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Northwestern Salamander
This was the second-largest wild salamander I'd ever seen, though it was somewhat overshadowed in my mind by the largest, which I had seen the previous day.
Online references:
- Ambystoma gracile account on AmphibiaWeb
- Ambystoma gracile account on iNaturalist
Printed references:
- Behler, J. L., King, F. W. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Petranka, J. W. 1998. Salamanders of the United States and Canada
- Stebbins, R. C. 2003. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition