Teenage Herpetologist
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Hello everyone. I hope you are having a good week.
This week's Amphibian of the Week is...
The Mudpuppy!!!!
Mudpuppies, also known as Waterdogs, is a large aquatic salamander found in rivers, lakes, creeks, and streams. Their color varies between dark brown or tan on top, a paler-colored belly, and many black spots. As a larva throughout life, has bushy red gills. Eggs are laid in late Spring attached to rocks that are underwater. The eggs hatch in 40 to 60 days. Hatchlings are striped on their back and sides, and are about an inch long; they mature in about five years. Smaller species of these salamanders, such as Axolotls, are found mostly in the South.
This week's Amphibian of the Week is...
The Mudpuppy!!!!
Mudpuppies, also known as Waterdogs, is a large aquatic salamander found in rivers, lakes, creeks, and streams. Their color varies between dark brown or tan on top, a paler-colored belly, and many black spots. As a larva throughout life, has bushy red gills. Eggs are laid in late Spring attached to rocks that are underwater. The eggs hatch in 40 to 60 days. Hatchlings are striped on their back and sides, and are about an inch long; they mature in about five years. Smaller species of these salamanders, such as Axolotls, are found mostly in the South.