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Plethodon larselli - Larch Mountain Salamander

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Related or Similar Northwest Salamanders:

Western Long-toed Salamander

Western Red-backed Salamander

VanDyke's Salamander

Dunn's Salamander

Del Norte Salamander
 
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, Multnomah County, Oregon, coiled in defense.
Adult, Multnomah County, Oregon, underside
Small toe on hind foot.
 
Adults, Hood River County, Oregon
Adult, Hood River County, Oregon
 
Adult, Lewis County, Washington
Juvenile, Lewis County, Washington
 
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
 
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.
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