{"id":12411,"date":"2013-03-20T20:04:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T01:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12411"},"modified":"2013-03-20T20:04:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T01:04:11","slug":"spotted-salamander-egg-masses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12411","title":{"rendered":"Spotted Salamander Egg Masses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-021-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12419\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-021-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-021-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-021-480-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Yellow Spotted Salamander Egg Masses<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since the yellow spotted salamander congress last Tuesday, March 12th, (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12344\" target=\"_blank\">Slithering Salamanders Usher in Spring Congress<\/a>),\u00c2\u00a0the weather has turned decidedly frigid here in Southeast Massachusetts, with nightly freezes and a major snow storm.\u00c2\u00a0 Despite an icy morning today, we revisited the site of the March 12th congresses at an abandoned cranberry bog\u00c2\u00a0 to\u00c2\u00a0search for egg masses.\u00c2\u00a0 Within a few minutes of searching, we discovered a number of egg masses in the flooded channels of the abandoned bog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-023-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12421\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-023-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-023-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-023-480-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Yellow Spotted Salamander Egg Massess<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">About half of those egg masses were relatively clear, while the rest were clouded and nearly opaque.\u00c2\u00a0 The two masses photographed above were found side-by-side\u00c2\u00a0anchored to reeds in\u00c2\u00a0a shallow bog channel.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-002-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12413\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-002-480-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Mostly Clear Yellow Spotted Salamander Egg Mass<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The clear\u00c2\u00a0mass shows individual eggs all encased within a protective outer gelatinous layer.\u00c2\u00a0 This outer casing distinguishes salamander egg masses from those of frogs that use the same shallow bog channels to deposit their eggs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-005-480.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12415\" title=\"post ssem 005 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-005-480-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Individual Yellow Spotted Salamander Egg\u00c2\u00a0within Mass<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This extreme closeup of a single salamander egg embedded in the gelatinous outer protective mass illustrates\u00c2\u00a0a signature\u00c2\u00a0difference for identfication\u00c2\u00a0between salamander and frog egg masses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-011-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12417\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-011-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-011-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/post-ssem-011-480-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Clouded Yellow Salamander Egg Mass<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The photograph above shows a yellow spotted salamander egg mass with a clouded gelatinous protective layer that obscures the individual eggs within the nearly opaque covering.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Individual eggs can be detected as blurred dark spots scattered within the protective layer.\u00c2\u00a0 The Turtle Journal team will continue to monitor development of these egg masses through the spring.\u00c2\u00a0 For more information on salamander egg development, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5996\" target=\"_blank\">Spotted Salamanders: From Eggs to Larvae<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yellow Spotted Salamander Egg Masses Since the yellow spotted salamander congress last Tuesday, March 12th, (see Slithering Salamanders Usher in Spring Congress),\u00c2\u00a0the weather has turned decidedly frigid here in Southeast Massachusetts, with nightly freezes and a major snow storm.\u00c2\u00a0 Despite an icy morning today, we revisited the site of the March 12th congresses at an 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