Green Salamander at Valley Falls State Park

Today I teamed up with my friend Joe Hildreth to do some herping at Valley Falls State Park. It took awhile, but we finally located our target species...Green Salamander! My photographs were mostly out of focus, but here is one compliments of Joe.

Green Salamander at Valley Falls State Park

While looking for salamanders, I also came across this male Ocellated Darner (Boyeria grafiana) sitting on a lichen-covered rock. This is a species that likes swift flowing rocky streams and rivers located within forests. That pretty well sums up Valley Falls State Park.

Ocellated Darner