josh_r
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giant salamandersone of the highlights of the trip
-josh
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WBurke17
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 Dang those are freakin hugh!!!!!!
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cacoseraph
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i can't see the pics but the biggest one was just a bit smaller in girth than my wrist
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ftorres
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Hello ALl,
Josh,
Can you find me a Hell bender????
Perhaps 2 I would love to kkep some.
Nice Sals
keep us posted on how they do.
regards
francisco
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What
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Francisco, aren't hellbenders restricted to the eastern half of the US?
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NBond1986
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you'd all be surprised, you can find some that are almost that big here in SoCal.....
If you go up into the forested parts of the SG mountains (like in Pasadena)
I have stumbled upon them in slow moving stream pools.
Not QUITE that big, but close.
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Pulk
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| cacoseraph wrote: | | i can't see the pics but the biggest one was just a bit smaller in girth than my wrist |
i read that as "waist" the first time... that's about the size of chinese/japanese ones 
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NBond1986
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| Pulk wrote: | | cacoseraph wrote: | | i can't see the pics but the biggest one was just a bit smaller in girth than my wrist |
i read that as "waist" the first time... that's about the size of chinese/japanese ones |
yeah, those azn ones are awesome.
we need to get our own breeding pool in scabies. ::lol::
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josh_r
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| NBond1986 wrote: | you'd all be surprised, you can find some that are almost that big here in SoCal.....
If you go up into the forested parts of the SG mountains (like in Pasadena)
I have stumbled upon them in slow moving stream pools.
Not QUITE that big, but close. |
you gotta be sh*****ing me!!! the furthest south they range is the santa cruz mountains. are u sure you are not seeing taricha torosa (california newts) they are brown with orange bellies. these things i have would eat those newts with no issues. this particular salamander (dicamptodon ensatus) is one of the largest salamanders in the US. they are bigger than tiger salamanders by far. they would eat most tiger sals.
hellbenders are from the eastern US and are protected in most states. there are only 2 or 3 states you can still catch them in. they also do very poorly in captivity
-josh
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