Late Monday night I stepped into my back yard for some fresh air, and what did I happen to see in the hollyhock?
An arboreal salamander (Aneides lugubris)!
The warm, drizzly night drew it out of hiding for a look-see.
Arboreal salamanders eat millipedes, worms, snails, beetles, ants, termites, sowbugs, centipedes and moths. They climb trees, have a prehensile tail like an opossum and can inflict a painful bite if handled.
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