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Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) Found under a log at a mixed forest edge. This photo is after the cutie got a bit shy. They backed up into the soil/leaves to hide from me!<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117034/red_salamander_pseudotriton_ruber.html" title="Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/117034_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=JJDBrEiuPMbMvhQXdqEAcHqC0j8%3D" width="200" height="200" alt="Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) Found under a log at a mixed forest edge.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117035/red_salamander_pseudotriton_ruber.html Geotagged,Pseudotriton ruber,Red salamander,Summer,United States" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Pseudotriton ruber,Red salamander,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)

Found under a log at a mixed forest edge. This photo is after the cutie got a bit shy. They backed up into the soil/leaves to hide from me!

Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) Found under a log at a mixed forest edge.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117035/red_salamander_pseudotriton_ruber.html Geotagged,Pseudotriton ruber,Red salamander,Summer,United States

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    Oophaga solanensis, Utria National Park, Colombia This very moment shall forever be etched into my memory. Just seeing the photo months after the observation gives me the shivers, for two reasons:<br /> <br /> One, the odds that were stacked against us. We had a hard time in our 1.5 days in Utria. Very difficult conditions, incompetent local staff, poor organization. On this 2nd morning and last time block in the park, we had a mere 2 hours to search specifically for the Harlequin poison frog, after that our boat would leave. We heard their calls, and as always our guide Manuel was most active in searching for them, but the search area was huge with piles and piles of dead leafs. After an hour or so in participating in the search, I gave up. I was in a bad mood, but also, I was overheating. The local guide did absolutely nothing to help.<br /> <br /> We had long settled that it wasn't going to happen when 5 minutes before our boat would return, Manuel shouted across the forest that he found them. He never gave up, and got rewarded for it. All credit goes to him.<br /> <br /> Second, this frog, and specifically this color morph is unbelievable. It is so bright and vibrant that a camera sensor can't capture its details, instead just goes for a single color. And to the human eye, it's as if you see fire itself hopping across the forest floor. I've never seen anything so bright, not in nature, not man-made.<br /> <br /> Unforgettable. And just like that, all our petty complaints were washed away and forgotten.<br /> <br /> No contrast or saturation tricks on these photos, this species is truly this bright and contrasty.<br /> <br /> This photo shows that we found two individuals, one blurry in the background:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57927/harlequin_poison_frog_red_morph_-_duo_utria_national_park_colombia.html<br /> Full body shots:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57928/harlequin_poison_frog_red_morph_-_full_body_shot_utria_national_park_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57929/harlequin_poison_frog_red_morph_-_full_body_shot_-_ii_utria_national_park_colombia.html<br /> <br /> Side views:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57930/harlequin_poison_frog_red_morph_-_side_view_utria_national_park_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57931/harlequin_poison_frog_red_morph_-_side_view_ii_utria_national_park_colombia.html Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Oophaga solanensis,South America,Utria National Natural Park,Utría National Natural Park,World

    Reported for copyright infringement. Nice try!     Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
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      Are you reporting me or the salamander? :D LOL Posted 4 years ago
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        Ferdy Christant
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        The report from our Ethics Committee came back. They say this is just creative co-evolution, and no infringement at all. I threatened to short their salary, yet they claimed to never have received any, and then quit.

        So I will leave it as-is for now, benefit of the doubt and all that.         Posted 4 years ago

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The Red Salamander

The red salamander is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the eastern United States. Its skin is orange/red with random black spots. Its habitats are temperate forests, small creeks, ponds, forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater, trees springs.

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Similar species: Salamanders
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Jun 22, 2021. Captured Jun 22, 2021 12:22 in 227 Oakman Rd NE, Oakman, GA 30732, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/22.0
  • 1/166s
  • ISO160
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.