My first time seeing a blue-spotted salamander1 in the wild! Or in a house, for that matter. The sparkle of its skin is really pretty!
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Vermont is actually squarely in the intersection of the ranges of the blue-spotted and Jefferson salamanders, which are almost impossible for a non-expert (i.e. me2) to distinguish, so it could be either.
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And also i.e. them, as Jefferson × blue-spotted lineages appear basically wherever the ranges overlap (and are notably unisexual).