המועדפים של radbackedsalamander

Esse registro tem uma história curiosa. Postado no site Wikiaves (https://www.wikiaves.com.br/4442204), foi inicialmente confundido com a vocalização de uma coruja, até que um colega sugeriu que poderia pertencer a um anfíbio do gênero Phyllodytes. Encaminhei o áudio para uma amiga, cuja sobrinha, herpetóloga, identificou como Phyllodytes kautskyi.
O artigo abaixo representa o sonograma da vocalização dessa espécie, bastante semelhante ao do meu registro.
http://antigo.inma.gov.br/downloads/boletim/arquivos/16/Simon&Gasparini.pdf

Several thousand stems in 8 inches of water in a pristine pond in the Berkshires. Apparently my three iNat observations are the only three in all of New England. I does occur in all six states, though.

On wooded hummock near pond. Culms 25-40cm, filiform. Leaves to 40 cm, 2mm wide. Plant bases wine-red bladeless sheaths. Perigynia fuzzy, 2.2mm x 1.3mm, short beak. Achene trigonous, brown, 2mm long.

State endangered, globally rare. This is the fourth observation in all of iNat. Leaves are like Carex vestita but glabrous perigynia puts it into section Paniceae. Plants are widely spaced on long rhizomes. This is a known population, not my find, but still awesome to see. Protected by our state endangered species act which turned 30 years old last year. (MESA) Massachusetts Endangered Species Act.

Larry Ditto and I seined about a dozen amphibians we did not recognize from a small stock tank on a private ranch in Kenedy Co. We tried to photograph them on land, but they were slippery and hard to hold. We got a few shots on wet grass, then released them back into the tank. We tentatively identified them as Rio Grande Lesser Sirens after looking through some field guides.
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I was involved in a photo contest on a private ranch in Kenedy Co., Texas. Larry Ditto and I seined about 30 tiger salamanders from a small stock tank on this ranch and later photographed them in an aquarium. I am not certain whether this species may have been split, so I will leave the final ID to Toby or someone more knowledgeable than me.

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