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Red Eft

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This little guy is a red eft; one of a few creatures I photographed on a camping trip through the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania which is about one hour east of downtown Pittsburgh.

See the overhead version here.

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  1. AKJ Works Without Working 49 months ago | reply

    I used to catch Red Efts when we were camping in the Adirondacks and keep them as "weekend pets," as well as Spring Peepers. We'd always let them go, completely unharmed, before we headed home. Once we caught a mud puppy that was the same size as a Red Eft, but we let it go immediately. Cool pic, brings back great memories!

  2. deirdrej 45 months ago | reply

    Beautiful photo! How did you get him to pose like that ;-D

  3. marnanel 44 months ago | reply

    Thanks for posting this under a free licence. I've used it with attribution as part of my tutorial on the Shavian alphabet.

    shavian.org.uk/learn/egg

    (This was one of the most useful pictures I found for the entire tutorial, since the animal's shape usefully mimics the shape of the letters.)

  4. parabat4868 32 months ago | reply

    So very, very nice!

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