Let’s take a break this week from the urban birding realm. This week, we bring you marbled salamanders. Salamanders are usually found in wetlands, which are hard to come by inside cities. This is an awesome find!
Tough City Salamanders
AF #ConservationResearchBridgeProgram students found over 12 Marbled Salamanders today in a degraded wetland in metro ATL
We also found 2 nests! (pictured)
Marbleds breed in ephemeral wetlands, a vital habitat which has all all but disappeared in ATL. pic.twitter.com/remwe09Gnx
— Amphibian Foundation (@amphibianfound) October 2, 2020
Do you have a photo or video of an urban species doing something unusual? What about a rare plant or animal that you were surprised to find in a city? If so, let Lindsay know or Tweet at us and you could be featured as a future observation of the week!
I am interested in urban ecology and evolution. Urbanization can have drastic impacts on local ecosystems, both negative and positive, and creates a new environment for organisms to experience. To understand the impacts that urbanization plays on organisms, I look through the lense of population genetics and molecular evolution.
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