Fish and Amphibians

Coastal Giant Salamander,  Dicamptodon tenebrosus

 

 crossing our dam on 4/30/22. Tail probably chopped off fighting with another

 

 Pacific Giant Salamander

  Northwestern Salamander, Ambystoma gracile

When threatened, a NW Salamander will lift its back up and tip its snout down to present its poison glands, as this one is doing. It was in the aisle of the buck barn in late December.

Western Red-backed Salamander

  Rough-skinned Newt, Taricha granulosa

Rough-skinned Newt, crossing the dam. They are common in our pond.

 Pacific Treefrog, Hyla regilla

Pacific Treefrog mating in our seasonal pond

 

 Speckled dace, Rhinychthys osculus

These have been identified as Speckled Dace, a native minnow. They were in Agency Creek

 

 

The fish below were in our pond January 2012. Fish experts tell me they are native Coastal Cutthroat Trout. They were exhibiting spawning behavior but would need to spawn in a gravel bed, not a mud-bottom pond.