{"id":5704,"date":"2010-03-31T20:09:06","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T01:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5704"},"modified":"2010-03-31T20:09:06","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T01:09:06","slug":"portrait-of-a-spotted-salamander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5704","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of a Spotted Salamander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-000-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5719\" title=\"ss 000 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-000-480.jpg\" alt=\"ss 000 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-000-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-000-480-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>(Yellow) Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Well, I guess it depends on your point of view.\u00c2\u00a0 From our viewpoint, these spotted salamanders are really cool critters.\u00c2\u00a0 So secretive in these parts that you rarely find them except during their annual spring norturnal mating orgy\u00c2\u00a0in the absolute worst of weather conditions, the improbabilty of encountering spotted salamanders definitely enhances the value of the moment.\u00c2\u00a0 With the series of snapshots in this posting, we present a portrait of a spotted salamander.\u00c2\u00a0 Note that each picture is hyperlinked to a larger sized image when clicked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-013-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5713\" title=\"ss 013 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-013-480.jpg\" alt=\"ss 013 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-013-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-013-480-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Spotted Salamander Body<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Quite a handsome specimen.\u00c2\u00a0 Check out the four digits on the front limbs and five on the back.\u00c2\u00a0 Also, note the two parallel rows of yellow spots along the length of the salamander&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-001-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5717\" title=\"ss 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"ss 001 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-001-480-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Spotted Salamander<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">A\u00c2\u00a0real cutey as this\u00c2\u00a0critter mugs for the camera.\u00c2\u00a0 Every couple of minutes, the salamander slurps its tongue in and out faster than the photographer can click the camera.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-034-closeup-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5711\" title=\"ss 034 closeup 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-034-closeup-480.jpg\" alt=\"ss 034 closeup 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-034-closeup-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-034-closeup-480-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Spotted Salamander Profile<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Augmenting the exquisite yellow dots painted in a parallel\u00c2\u00a0series along its dorsal surface, these salamanders have constellations of smaller blue-gray spots\u00c2\u00a0along\u00c2\u00a0their sides, under\u00c2\u00a0their chins and on\u00c2\u00a0their ventral surfaces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-037-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5709\" title=\"ss 037 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-037-480.jpg\" alt=\"ss 037 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-037-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-037-480-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>A Face That Only a Mother and Turtle Journal Could Love<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">We don&#8217;t know about this salamander&#8217;s mother, but we do know that Turtle Journal thinks this critter has quite a compelling portrait.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-038-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5707\" title=\"ss 038 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-038-480.jpg\" alt=\"ss 038 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-038-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ss-038-480-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Spotted Salamander: Up Close and Personal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Who could resist that enigmatic amphibian smile?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Yellow) Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) Well, I guess it depends on your point of view.\u00c2\u00a0 From our viewpoint, these spotted salamanders are really cool critters.\u00c2\u00a0 So secretive in these parts that you rarely find them except during their annual spring norturnal mating orgy\u00c2\u00a0in the absolute worst of weather conditions, the improbabilty of encountering spotted salamanders 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