No, that blog post title is not a dig at the goons on Capitol Hill. It’s apparently the proper term for a group of salamanders. We’ve been seeing a lot of them lately ’round these parts. Take a look…
Red-backed salamander:
Unidentified black salamander:
Red eft:
Another one of the unidentified black salamanders, with little white spots all over…
…and missing the distal-most portion of his tail!
Lovely creatures. We share a common ancestor with them about 371 million years ago. They’re practically kin!
I believe that the small black ones are the other color of eastern red backed salamanders.