Location only accurate to County level.
Watauga County - Ether a larval red/mud or a spring but I’m leaning towards red. In a muddy bottomed roadside seep
Lifer. 4th iNat State Records. Found in a location found by Jason Gibson.
lean towards P. montanus, but opinions appreciated
Found under a cover board about 2 feet from the waters edge. Brown eyes
I don’t know what this could be… Small, 2.5 inch individual, but clearly a gravid female. My initial thought was Black Mountain, which is a bit outta range, and then I looked at the underside… the belly appears to be blackish, with no pattern, but the eggs pushing on the skin seems to make the skin look lighter… Plain black belly should rule out Northern, Black Mountain, and Blue Ridge Dusky. The size and pattern rules out Black-bellied, as I have seen larval Black-bellies larger than this one, and it was right small to be a Seal, and it really doesn’t look Sealy to me… it doesn’t seem like a Shovelnose, and it was under a long along a dried muddy creek, which I wouldn’t expect a Shovelnose to tolerate. So, am I missing something?
This guy was in the pond inside the bobcat habitat.
8 individuals seen.
Found inside a wet area inside a cave.