Salamanders emerge from hibernation around February to begin traveling toward wetlands for mating. During the first warm rains, these amphibians travel to the vernal pool in the middle of ...

Jim Andrews and others at the Otter Creek Audubon Society and the Salisbury Conservation Commission host two events each season during ideal temperatures where volunteers help salamanders ...

BREEDING: Adults typically leave their burrows on rainy ... with prescribed burns being conducted with improper frequency or during the wrong season for the flatwoods salamanders. POPULATION TREND: ...

During the mating season, these glands exhibit hypertrophy ... This finding aligns with the understanding that male salamanders often possess more prominent courtship glands than females, which ...

Volunteers check the houses regularly during the breeding season (April to August), record the data, and band the hatchlings, which include bluebirds, tree swallows, and house wrens. The Salamander ...

They need ephemeral pools for breeding. RANGE: Historically these salamanders ranged throughout California's Sacramento and San Joaquin River valleys, the surrounding foothills, and the lower ...