Went to do a normal routine check of a Ravine Salamander spot and was going to pass though and try a new location, but I desided to do a little flipping around the Ravine spot first and with the 1st rock I flipped a Longtailed Salamander *Lifer. As much as I have researched this area the longtail was far from my mind of finding today. So I set up to take a photo…. Then my camera says No CF card. AH I left it at home. Now what? So I run back to the house grab my card and come back to take a few photos. Supriced by this find I started searching the area and came up with another longtail not far from the first one. Two in one day not bad for a lifer.

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2 – Longtail Salamanders ****Lifer
5+ Northern Dusky Salamanders
1 Slimy Salamander
2 American Toads

Slimy:

Longtail one – 6.5cm

Longtail two – 12 cm

9 Pickerel Frogs
1 Northern Lepoard Frog
5+ Green Frogs

Pickerel Frogs

Northern Lepoard Frog

Myself and Bob C. meet up in Westmoreland County PA this evening for our targer species Northern Leopard Frogs. The 1st thing we spotted was a Pickerel and with in about 10 mins we finally caught it after it got away 10 diffrent times and hid under 3 diffrent logs.. We also saw another but were unable to get a photo. We also grabbed a Wood frog the 1st eaither of us have seen with in the area. And also a Mystery Snake which looked like a Earth Snake but far out of range. We will work the area again to determin this species at a later date.

For today:
5 Green Frogs
2 Pickerel Frogs
3 American Toads
1 Wood Frog
20+ Mtn Dusky Salamanders
5+ Northern Dusky Salamanders 1 with eggs
3 Twolined Salamanders
1 Slimy Salamander
1 Mystery Snake

Pickerel Frog

Wood Frog

A. Toad

Slimy Salamander

N. Dusky With eggs