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Salamander Eggs
Name: Bobby
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Question:
I read one of your articles by George W. Dunne and Roland
F. Eisenbeis, about Frogs, Toads and Salamander Eggs. I have a hard
time finding salamander eggs and I was wondering how you go about
it? I was also wondering if there was a book you would recommend
on salamanders?
Replies:
Interesting question - find them by careful searching in appropriate
habitat and time of year. Tiger salamanders, the most common in Illinois,
and probably Iowa, lay eggs very early, often when there is still ice, most
often in ponds and pools in woodlands. They are attached to sticks or other
objects, often close to the bottom, and so fairly easy to find in shallow
pools, harder in deeper ponds. They are also somewhat camouflaged by being
darker above than below. The comment in the article you mention that they
are "easy to find," I think is relative - they are easy to find if you know
when, where and how to look. I don't know of any specific book on salamanders
but references on amphibians in general include Harding, Amphibians and
Reptiles of the Great Lakes Region, which while not covering the prairie
country is general enough to be of great interest. Smith, The Amphibians
and Reptiles of Illinois is detailed and should be of considerable use in
Iowa.
J. Elliott
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