Pacific Northwest
Reptiles & Amphibians

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Larch Mountain Salamander - Plethodon larselli

Burns, 1954


	Adult, Multnomah County, Oregon

Juvenile, Hood River County, Oregon	Adult, Hood River County, Oregon	Adult, Hood River County, Oregon

Adult, Hood River County, Oregon	Adult, Hood River County, Oregon	Adult, Hood River County, Oregon

Adult coiled in defense, Multnomah County, Oregon	Underside of adult, Multnomah County, Oregon	Outer toe on hind foot is reduced to a single phalanx.

Adult, Hood River County, Oregon	Adult, Hood River County, Oregon	Adult, Hood River County, Oregon

Adult, Lewis County, Washington	Juvenile, Lewis County, Washington	Adult, Hood River County, Oregon

Adult, Hood River County, Oregon	Underside of adult, Hood River County, Oregon	Two differently-colored adults found under the same rock, Hood River County, Oregon

Habitat

Habitat, Hood River County, Oregon	Habitat, Hood River County, Oregon	Habitat, Hood River County, Oregon

Distant view of habitat, Columbia Gorge, Hood River County, Oregon	Hatitat, Lewis County, Washington	Habitat, Hood River County, Oregon

Short Video

A salamander sitting on a rock becomes alarmed and runs while quickly writhing its body back and forth until it rolls itself into a ball and rolls down off the rock where it bounces off another rock and springs and rolls again until it lands safely. This amazing escape behavior, developed as a defense for survival on steep rocky slopes, is shown in real time, then slowed down for a better look.