The Western Long Toed Salamander has a slender body and can grow to between 4 and 6 inches in length. Western Long Toed Salamanders have a unique stripe along their backs that varies between shades of yellow and green. This stripe runs from the head
Tiger Salamanders typically grow to a length of 9 inches, but they have been known to reach lengths of 13 inches, making them the one of the largest terrestrial salamanders. The Tiger Salamander has yellow, tan, or olive green spots, blotches, or ban
The Yellow Spotted Salamander will reach a size of 6 to 8 inches at maturity.The Yellow Spotted Salamander typically has about 24 to 45 large yellow spots on its dorsal side, though on rare occasions individuals completely lack spots. These spots are
Southern Long Toed Salamanders have a broken stripe along their backs that is yellow! This stripe runs from the head to the tail tip, and it is, essentially, a series of closely placed or overlapping yellow spots. Splotches may also be evident on the
Slimy Salamanders have slender bodies and can grow up to between 5 and 7 inches in length. Their skin is glossy and black. It is accented with white or brassy speckles, camouflaging the salamander so it looks like a lichen-covered stick. When males p
The Santa Cruz Long Toed Salamander grows to about 4 to 6.5 inches in length and has a slender body. The background color of this salamander is black or dark gray. Some Santa Cruz Long Toed Salamanders have a number of tan or orange spots generously
The Pacific Giant Salamander can reach lengths of up to 14 inches at maturity. Their teeth grow in a broken or continuous line out of the roofs of their mouths. Generally, the bodies of Pacific Giant Salamanders have a thick appearance. The character
At maturity, a Northwestern Salamander may be about 8.5 inches in length, and its body is usually quite stocky. The Northwestern Salamander is generally dark colored, and shades of black, gray, or brown are common. In some areas, little flecks of whi
Northern Long Toed Salamanders have a well-defined stripe along their backs that is yellow. This stripe runs from the head to the tail tip. Splotches may also be evident on the head. The background color of this salamander is dark brown or black. Som
The Marbled Salamander grows to be 4 to 5 inches at maturity. Their body is black and white with a marbled pattern. Some specimens are entirely black or white, but this is rare. Marbled Salamanders have short and stocky bodies with stubby tails. They
One small pod for scientists, one giant leap for endangered frogs
Working in a modified shipping cargo container may not sound like a great assignment for a scientist. But several amphibian experts in Atlanta are welcoming the chance to study a dozen frog species in a new facility at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Ready for my closeup: This male marsupial frog is part of the captive breeding program at Atlanta Botanical Garden (CNN Photo) The 40′ by 8′ container, or “amphibian pod” is biosecure, so that no pathogens (any microorganism that can caus Continue reading
On Salamanders and Limb Regeneration
From the Technology Review: "While all animals can regenerate tissue to a certain extent - we can grow muscle, bone, and nerves, for example - salamanders and newts are the only vertebrates that can grow entire organs and replacement limbs as adults. When a leg is lost to injury, cells near the wound begin to dedifferentiate, losing the specialized characteristics that made them a muscle cell or bone cell. These cells then replicate and form a limb bud, or blastema, which goes on to grow a limb Continue reading
Replaceable You (and Other Free Stem Cells Courses)
Here’s another free, downloadable course coming out Stanford, which will tell you how regenerative medicine can keep your body parts almost new. You can access it here on iTunesU, and below we have posted the course description. If stem cells happen to pique your interest, then you may want to explore these two other related Stanford courses: Straight Talk about Stem Cells and Stem Cells: Policy and Ethics. Also remember that you can download at least 200 free university courses here. Replacea Continue reading
Complete List Of Phobias…
Ok, so here is every Phobia you could ever have or imagine having. The A’s are above the fold the rest are below the fold. Here are a few of my favorites… Sesquipedalophobia- Fear of long words. Phallophobia- Fear of a penis, esp erect. Medomalacuphobia- Fear of losing an erection. A- Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Acerophobia- Fear of sourness. Achluophobia- Fear of darkness. Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. Continue reading
The latter comes in the form of oral Pregnancy and decongestants and nasal sprays
The latter comes in the form of oral Pregnancy and decongestants and nasal sprays July 24th, 2008 by mannunni29 Instead they should be a spur for even greater conservation and improved management of species and the ecosystems they inhabit. The class Amphibians is made up of frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and caecilians little known legless organisms that resemble giant earthworms. Com i msnbc Components Art SITEWIDE newLogo half. WASHINGTON Parents should not give sniffling babies and toddle Continue reading
Our Endangered Adirondack Amphibians
This weekend The Wild Center in Tupper Lake is hosting a special symposium that will look at the global and local health of amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, etc) and what it means for the Adirondacks and our planet (details below, along with a full list of Adirondack amphibians). Probably because they lived in two polluted worlds - they are cold-blooded animals that metamorphose Continue reading
Can Frogs Live out of Water?
Can Frogs Live out of Water? Posted July 19th, 2008 by admin in Animals The frog is an amphibian, an animal that stands somewhere between a fish and a reptile because it can live both in water and on land. Toads, newts, and salamanders are also amphibians. Continue reading
Sagefrog Marketing Partners with Conservation Group to Save Frogs
Sagefrog donates services to Amphibian Ark to promote the “Year of the Frog” Doylestown, PA. – July 2008: Sagefrog Marketing Group, LLC, of Doylestown PA, will implement an integrated marketing and public relations program for Amphibian Ark. Amphibian Ark is dedicated to saving amphibians worldwide, many of which are facing rapid extinction. Without immediate captive management as a stopgap component of an integrated conservation effort, hundreds of species could become extinct. Sagefrog will Continue reading
phobias.
Omg. Jiaying inspired me on all the phobias. HAHAHA I SHALL POST! SO COOL!It's hilarious. Muahahahaha. Adapted from http://phobialist.com/ Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Acerophobia- Fear of sourness. Achluophobia- Fear of darkness. Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. Acrophobia- Fear of heights. Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances. Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places. Aeronau Continue reading
North Shore Salamander Search
I met up with old friend Les, he of grad-school commiserations and the Quest for the Giant Salamander fame. We had decided to go herping along the North Shore Mountains, the smallish yet rugged mountains that are Vancouver’s northern backdrop. Herping is like birding, except instead of walking along listening and looking up, you are bent over, flipping rocks and other debris, or wading through muck, yelling back and forth at each other. Why go herping? To see what’s there, of course. Rice Lake Continue reading
These Woods, They Sing a Siren Song
I posted this piece a year ago when Ten attended the best nature camp ever. I'm not exaggerating. This year, Six is finally, finally old enough to join Ten there, though Six and Ten will be in different groups because they're four years apart. Driving up and down the mountain this morning to take both boys to camp, I was confronted again with the extraordinary beauty around me. Six noticed it too, exclaiming, "It's so pretty here that it doesn't even seem REAL." A bittersweet comment if ever the Continue reading
Nature's ministry
While we are with Wordsworths's The Prelude, let's make a nod to what may be perhaps the most familiar lines of all, from Book I, where the poet recalls his childhood among the lakes and hills of Cumbria:Ye Presences of Nature in the sky And on the earth! Ye Visions of the hills! And Souls of lonely places! can I think A vulgar hope was yours when ye employed Such ministry, when ye, through many a year Haunting me thus among my boyish sports, On caves and trees, upon the woods and hills, Impress Continue reading
Salamander crochet
Salamander crochet My good friend and reading circle companion, Anita, turned 35 yesterday. A while ago we read Karel Čapek's War with the Newts, and even though Anita didn't like the book as much as the rest of us, she's got this special thing with salamanders. So I thought a crocheted bookmark version of the species would be a good thing. Making it was fun. With pictures of the creature on the laptop in front of me, getting the right shape was quite easy. I don't crochet much, but I found Continue reading
Man bites frog: Sean Thomas samples some extreme cuisine
Man bites frog: Sean Thomas samples some extreme cuisine Ant: The humble ant is jam-packed with all kinds of vitamins and minerals; the only problem is that you have to eat an entire nest to get a decent meal. The taste is a little bit peppery and a little bit earthy, and the texture is a little bit scratchy. Only the bravest of the brave eat the inch-long queen; reports say that this seriously chewy creature has an extra oily "squidginess" all its own Dried frog: Various amphibians are down Continue reading
Man bites frog: Sean Thomas samples some extreme cuisine
Man bites frog: Sean Thomas samples some extreme cuisine The World Health Organisation reckons we'll need to look further afield for our food in the future – and get used to eating some pretty strange things. But how will we fare on a diet of insects, arachnids and small furry critters? Sean Thomas embarks on a culinary tour of Indochina to taste for himself Thursday, 26 June 2008 Sean Thomas Tarantula: Sean Thomas holds up a decidedly unlovely spidery snack, which has been roasted Continue reading
X-Frogs
Marvel Comics brought you X-Men in 1963; spandex-uniformed human genetic anomalies or “mutants” with super powers hinted at by their names, e.g. Iceman, Beast, Storm and, notably, the villainous Toad. As an enthusiastic homage, the EDGE of Existence programme now brings you X-Frogs because we noticed that there are few things that the X-Men get up to that can’t be matched by a crowd of diverse and remarkable EDGE Amphibians. Hence, our multi-part blog on X-Frogs will bring you some of the stra Continue reading
An amphibious assault
Posted by Miqe on June 16, 2008 LONDON – The first images that come to mind may be unassuming brown newts or garden-variety green frogs, but amphibians cover a much grander spectrum. Among about 6,000 species of frogs, salamanders and caecilians (legless animals, pronounced like “Sicilians”) are some of the world’s most bizarre animals: Giant Chinese salamanders, two metres in length; the “hairy frog” of Cameroon, which not only looks like it sports hair, but also can break its own bones to gro Continue reading
newt crossing
at this time of year it's common to see these eastern spotted newts on the move around here. in nearby amherst, it's spotted salamanders that are hitting the road. so many, in fact, that in 1987 the town built a special salamander crossing beneath the roadway to protect them on their journey, which later inspired both a band name and a craft-brewed beer. hopefully this little guy, who i spotted while walking tonight, arrived safely. Continue reading
New species in 2008
The biodiversity of this planet is immense, and we are a long, long way from having all of the species out there discovered and described. Systematists, taxonomists, and museum collections have a major, vitally important role in biology (despite this, they are facing major problems). To illustrate this point, I have compiled a list of the new species described in the scientific literature so far in 2008. I have restricted myself to vertebrates, and I have included only species that are newly dis Continue reading
Camera Critters: Swimming Salamanders
Please forgive my indulgence for posting six photos. But I love these gentle creatures. These red-spotted salamanders (or newts?) were captured during the fifth and sixth grade aquatic insect and crustacean expedition (other creatures can be seen here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here — whew!). After the tramping, I sat with my Canon and experimented photographing into aquariums that held the specimens. I think the salamanders look so dinosaur-like when they swim. Whe Continue reading
