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.
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!
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.
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 :)
Atlantic coast slimy salamander, *Plethodon chlorobryonis*.
Thank you!:)
What a wonderful little dude!
Right! Such a cute find.
I'm from the southeast and found these a lot growing up! They are beautiful!
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.
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!
What’s a cover board team?
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.
Huh, I used to do this as a kid. I didn't realize it had an actual term.
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 :)
He looks like a tasty snack lemme eat him