They say every generation thinks it's the end of the world. But the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander has been staring at oblivion since 1967 That’s the year the amphibian was listed under the ...

It is home to wildlife, including the northern spotted owl, the Cascades frog, and the long-toed salamander, and contains lands significant to indigenous groups, including the Pit River Tribe and ...

The hybridized salamanders also pose a threat to the survival of the rare and tiny endangered Santa Cruz long-toed salamander, whose only known habitat is a watery mating swamp near Watsonville.

Hidden by their size and habits, salamanders — those charismatic microfauna integral to ecological functions — are equally worthy of consideration.

Photo courtesy of MetroFuture frogs: An eggmass laid by a northern red-legged frog. Each spring, Metro volunteers monitor eggs laid by frogs and salamanders. As you may have concluded from that ...

As we walked, Heady pointed out a wide range of other spring-breeding amphibians, including green frogs, four-toed salamanders, northern spring peepers, eastern newts, bullfrogs and Eastern ...

She found that the valley salamanders didn’t show as much aggression or any “cannibal morphs,” the name for the big-jawed, pseudo-fanged versions of long-toed salamanders.

Those include the northern spotted owl, the Cascades frog and the long-toed salamander.

The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander, for example, lays 200 to 400 eggs at a time according to the ADW. Spiny salamanders guard their eggs by curling their bodies around them.

Less than 2 percent of the embryos of the long-toed salamander received lethal doses of UV across 22 breeding sites across nearly 8 square miles (20 square kilometers) in Washington state's ...

Superficially, the four-toed salamander resembles two of our most abundant and widespread salamanders the eastern red-backed and northern two-lined salamanders. However, thanks to three distinct ...