Well it rained just enough in March to bring a few of our favorite amphibians up to the surface – the Black-bellied Slender Salamander.
Slender salamanders DO NOT HAVE LUNGS, they breathe through their skin and the tissues lining their mouth. This requires them to live in damp environments and are only able to move about above ground during times of high humidity. These salamanders deal with Southern California’s Mediterranean climate by burying themselves deep in moist soil when the rains stop, and return to the surface once the rain begins again.
Black-bellied Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps nigriventris