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Four-Toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

Four-toed salamanders are named for the four toes they have on thier hind feet, in contrast to the 5 that most other local salamander species have. Their belly is white with black spots, which is probably the easiest way to distinguish them from Red-Backed Salamanders. They are distributed across much of the state, but hard to find in many areas.
 
Four-toed Salamanders eat fly larvae, springtails, and ants, for the most part. Females lay eggs on the edges of ponds or streams, which hatch out into aquatic larvae. The larvae go though metamorphosis in late summer and live under logs and rocks near water.
 
 
 

County
Specimen

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Orange

Specimen #224

Date: April 6, 2012
Location: Fort Mongomery, NY
Notes: Under a long mossy log.
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