Saturday, June 6, 2009

Appalachian Trail fauna

Ran into this little guy (perhaps gal) on the hike down on Friday and again on the hike out today - multiple times. They're not at all rare. Click on it to make it much larger. It's the Eastern Newt, Notophthalmus viridescens. If you'd like to learn more about it, this is the wikipedia entry: Eastern Newt:



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