Species:

Plethodon elongatus

Del Norte Salamander

July 24, 2001
Boy Scout Tree Trail, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Del Norte County, California
Del Norte Salamander (Plethodon elongatus)

Boy Scout Tree Trail is a beautiful dark old-growth redwood forest trail. Somewhere in the middle of it, there's a short steep side trail that leads to the eponymous Boy Scout Tree. On that short steep trail, near the Tree itself, I found this little squirmer under a rotten log.

April 1, 2006
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Del Norte County, California
Del Norte Salamander (Plethodon elongatus)
Del Norte Salamander (Plethodon elongatus)
I initially identified these two salamanders as Speckled Black Salamanders, but Joshua Puhn of northwestherps.com convinced me that they are really Del Norte Salamanders. Thanks Joshua!

I found these two within about thirty feet of each other, one under a small piece of bark and one under a medium-sized log.

November 25, 2008
Oregon Redwoods Trail, Siskiyou National Forest, Curry County, Oregon
Del Norte Salamander (Plethodon elongatus)
Del Norte Salamander (Plethodon elongatus)
Here's a couple more of these fairly nondescript salamanders just across the California/Oregon border.