Recycled Salamander
When Dave went to take out the recycling bin this afternoon, he found a surprise under it.
![[Arboreal salamander in the backyard]](http://shallowsky.com/blog/images/spotmander-sm.jpg)
It was motionless at first, and Dave worried that he'd hurt it
moving the bin. But it was just resting; eventually it woke up and
moved off to find a damper and less exposed spot.
My best guess is that it's an Arboreal salamander, Aneides lugubris ... and probably the same species as the baby salamanders from a few years ago.
It's fun to see amphibians in the backyard: makes me feel like the environment isn't a lost cause yet. I still don't see many frogs these days, but last week walking through a Google parking lot after a talk there was quite a frog chorus, so they're around even if they're not easy to see.
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