Spotted Salamander Morphs

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AmbitiousAmphibians
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Spotted Salamander Morphs

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If any albino spotted salamanders or any other odd colored spotted salamanders are found then collect them and please contact me at [email protected]
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cbernz
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Re: Spotted Salamander Morphs

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You should probably introduce yourself and describe your project before asking people to collect animals for you sight unseen.
AmbitiousAmphibians
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Im doing an individual study on genetic diversity and genetic abnormalities in spotted salamanders. So will do breeding on certain individuals to see the hereditary properties that they possess.
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ZantiMissKnit
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Whether people want to contact you privately is entirely up to them, but in general these boards are for the discussion of field herping and not collecting.
MCHerper
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Re: Spotted Salamander Morphs

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Agree with Cliff and Andrea about the collecting. FYI, there is a pretty extensive amount of information already out there regarding color variation in spotted salamanders as a response to xenobiotics and other environmental stressors.

Also, what do you mean by "individual study"?
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Kyle from Carolina
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Can't tell if you're trolling or not. If you aren't, keep in mind that many states in the north east have possession limits and rules about collecting wildlife, even non-endangered or listed ones.
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ZantiMissKnit
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Re: Spotted Salamander Morphs

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I do want to make sure we give this person the benefit of the doubt here, and s/he just may not know the forum etiquette.

Kyle, that's a really good point about the limits and rules about collecting wildlife in the Northeast.
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