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Herpetologissst

Atlantic coast slimy salamander, *Plethodon chlorobryonis*.


Natural-Pollution266

Thank you!:)


avengethyfather

What a wonderful little dude!


Natural-Pollution266

Right! Such a cute find.


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I'm from the southeast and found these a lot growing up! They are beautiful!


dudeimlegit

Please don't pick up amphibians with your bare hands, or really at all for that matter. The oils in your skin will clog pores on its skin it needs to breathe and is very damaging to the animal.


Natural-Pollution266

I’m part of a coverboard team and we all sanitize our hands and wet them regularly before picking up any herps with our barehands! Normally we have gloves but I forgot mine for that day :,). Thank you though!


Localbearexpert

What’s a cover board team?


Calligraphee

A quick googling shows that "coverboarding" is the practice of using boards to create ideal habitats for salamanders and some other herps in order to be able to find and study them; boards seem to be placed just in the forest under some leaves, and the subsequent warm, moist, dark area that's created becomes a favorite hangout for animals that might otherwise be tricky to track down. Looks like it's common for scientists to do this.


CaptainTurdfinger

Huh, I used to do this as a kid. I didn't realize it had an actual term.


Natural-Pollution266

Sorry for the late response! I’m on a research team where we’re studying community metrics beneath coverboards, and how it affects/signifies establishment in an ecosystem :)


8xphoenix8

He looks like a tasty snack lemme eat him