Salamander

Salamanders are wonderful creatures that live in the forest floor.
The create burrows on the forest floor in damp soil away from direct sunlight.
Spotted Salamanders are one of the most common types.
Many varieties of Salamanders are endangered.
Salamanders migrate to vernal (spring) pools to mate and lay their eggs.
They then return to the woodlands where they live.
The eggs develop in the pool and, by the time the pool dries up,
the young emerge and seek out homes within a few hundred feet of the vernal pool.
Some Salamanders can live to be twenty years old!
I photographed this Salamander in Allegany State Park, New York.

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