Rare creature found at odd time in the Bog

Rare creature found at odd time in the Bog

January 12, 2022

A species of salamander with no recorded sightings in Ozaukee County was found in the Cedarburg Bog nature preserve by two University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students this fall.

Discovery and documentation of the four-toed salamander (Hemidactyliam scutatum) will be published in the Journal of Herpetological Review and offer a new perspective on where the salamander may be located and how it can be conserved.

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