Picture of a little brown and orange salamander on a pebbled sidewalk.
frog 🐸 ( @frog@beehaw.org ) English13•1 year agoDefinitely a salamander, one of my glorious cousins! Thanks for sharing!
nieceandtows ( @nieceandtows@programming.dev ) 3•1 year agoIt’s toad your cousin or brother?
frog 🐸 ( @frog@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year agoHmmmm, interesting question. I guess toads are half-brothers, since all other frogs would be my brothers.
Dr. Wesker ( @wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ) English6•1 year agoI don’t think this is a lizard, but probably an amphibian? Looks like the salamanders we used to catch as kids.
I don’t think this is a lizard, but probably an amphibian? Looks like the salamanders we used to catch as kids.
One of my friends pointed this out after I posted this. I don’t know the difference. 😭
KrokanteBamischijf ( @KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nl ) 4•1 year agoSalamanders are awesome. Growing up with a pond in the garden we used to go out fishing for frogspawn and salamanders all the time.
We’d hatch the frogspawn in a large aquarium out in the yard and we would watch the little frogs grow. Great way to learn about these little critters as a kid.
Salamanders were released in the pondside vegetation and eventually claimed the pond as their own. Little guys are still hanging around, even after all these years.
Gemini figures this is a rough-skinned newt, taricha granulosa. The Wikipedia images look about right!
memfree ( @memfree@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year agoIt might also be a red-bellied newt or a Sierra newt. Habitat ranges can be found here: https://critterhideout.com/newts-in-north-america/
More pics and distinguishing features of each (note that these pages only give their range for just the state of California, but the rough-skinned ranges far beyond):
Gemini mentioned the possibility of those as well, but the habitation ranges I saw made me second-guess whether either could be correct. Either way, definitely a little dude. :D
Otter ( @otter@lemmy.ca ) English3•1 year agoI didn’t read the title and thought someone spilled chocolate pudding
Very cute, little guy is on the move!