went out in the rain the other night lookingfor some giants. I saw countless newts & tree frogs. After an hour of looking, I was ready to call it quits. I then spotted my target species crossing the road. The problem was a car was coming on the side it was on. I jumped out in front of the car & waved my spot light back & forth til the car stopped. I scooped up the salamander & got back into my car. Within 5 minutes, I spotted a smaller one & scooped it up with out incident. The smaller one has a big cut on the base of its tail, I hope it heals up. I was going to keep one & the other one is going to my friend Mike that keeps California herps in his classroom. Thanks for looking, Jerry

close up of the smaller one with the cut on the tail