Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander

Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum

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The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) is an endangered subspecies of the long-toed salamander, which is found only close to a few isolated ponds in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties in California. It has a black body, broken yellow or orange irregular striping along its spine, and a tail fin well evolved for swimming. Like other mole salamanders, it is found near pools or slow-moving steams and; this creature has a very secretive lifestyle,...

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  1. (c) John Sullivan, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por John Sullivan
  2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambystoma_macrodactylum_croceum

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