Image of Southern Torrent Salamander

Description:

Discovered in muck beneath stones within trickling waterfall on bank of Little River. Others found beneath stones with water running through them from flowing seepage.Adult with huge eyes, olive mottled above; ventral yellowish with dark blotches and obscure pale speckles that increase on sides. Male with squarish vent lobes measured: SVL 57 mm (2 mm (3 in.). Larvae: Large head, relatively smaller eyes, short gills. Olive above and in.), TL 95darkly mottled; below whitish. Two examined: SVL 50 mm (2 in.), TL 89 mm (3 in.); SVL 44 mm (1 in.), TL 64 mm (2 in.).