Every single time I go walking, I flip over rocks to see if there are any salamanders hiding underneath, but it’s fruitless. I carefully investigate any mossy areas, but don’t see anything. The only live salamanders I’ve seen are this one newt I caught as part of a high school project and several la…

Perhaps, go to the Explore page and set a location and species in the Search fields. If you choose the Map display, it will show where observations have already been made. Then, try exploring in the areas with the most observations. In my area, newts and salamanders are much harder to spot in the …

I’ve been having the same problem this year (though this is the first year since I was a child that I’ve been actively looking for salamanders). From what I remember as I kid, I’d often find them in the spring or late summer or early fall. I usually found them after rain and when it wasn’t too hot o…

I always find red backs, slimy salamanders, and other plethodons in the spring or fall under rotting wood and flat rocks, they prefer rotting wood that you could rip apart with your hands. I don’t know where they go during the summer and the only ones I see during that time are two lined salamanders…

Depends on where you live and what species you might expect there. In my area (the desert Southwest U.S.), salamanders can be few and far between. Except for western tiger salamanders which you can usually find by dip-netting or seining cattle ponds.

Definitely wait until things are damp and rainy - summer is not a good time to look for salamanders, and if you do find one, you’ll probably be exposing them to the dry, warm, summer air. Here in California, I’ll see them out during night hikes on damp or rainy nights. Following up on that, the thi…

Like others say, it depends on where you are. I live in the northern part of Ontario, Canada. I find salamanders under rotten damp logs. The heat and dry weather, during the summer, make them move further underground. Rain brings them back up. I don’t think I have ever found one under a rock. A…

[image] tiwane: Although I wouldn’t advise anyone to not look for salamanders, I’ve personally stopped doing much salamander searching over the last few years, I feel too guilty disturbing these sensitive creatures for a photo. I totally agree with @tiwane - I hate disturbing them during the …

Thank you for all your tips everyone! Seems like generally nighttime during the rain is the best time for them. I’m in NC, which has the highest salamander diversity in North America (although it’s mainly the western half that gives us that superlative), which makes it all the more mortifying that I…

The best time I think for looking for salamanders in around mid-september. Another method you can use is actually going into streams and looking in the water.

Flipping over rocks and other cover along cool streams and moist seepage areas is probably the most reliable way to find salamanders, and especially in the mountainous areas of NC there’s a huge diversity of species that use those habitats. The best way to find mole salamanders is to drive along ro…

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