On April 12, 2018 , we traveled to Selu for the final time to monitor our previously deployed coverboards. . Recent rainfall followed by an increase in temperatures resulted in ideal conditions for finding salamanders. As always teams were deployed at each study site and monitoring time was calculated for natural cover objects. Two species of salamanders were found during this survey, Northern Slimy Salamanders and Eastern Red-backed Salamanders, which were our target species. In total, we captured 46 salamanders, the most of any of the monitoring days. Again, this was probably due to the recent rainfall creating moist environments under the cover objects.
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