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Web-footed Salamander (Bolitoglossa medemi)

Posted on Jun 24, 2016

While we’re on the match stick theme – here’s another non-flashy stunner from last week’s Panama trip. Tropical salamanders also breed through direct development, skip a free-swimming larval stage, and hatch as mini versions of their parents – just like the miniature rain frog I posted earlier this week. This young web-footed salamander (Bolitoglossa medemi) is also spectacularly tiny!

Web-footed Salamander (Bolitoglossa medemi)

Twan Leenders
RTPI President