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Sound/video contributed by Jeff Rice and Gary Nafis

   (6.9 K MP3 file)
Species Dicamptodon ensatus (Dicamptodontidae)
Locality
County Sonoma County
State California
Country United States
Date Recorded 2010-02-03
Call Type unknown
Temperature (F/C)
Temperature Type
Background
Notes Recorded at 5:10 PM; salamander was approximately three inches in length from snout to vent, and was found under a fallen log in a heavily wooded area approximately 100 yards from a small stream; temperatures mild to cool, winds calm, skies clear; co-recordist Gary Nafis writes that the salamander was held "with my thumb and two fingers grasping the sides of its body, firmly, but without squeezing so hard I was merely pushing air out of its lungs. The salamander squirmed from side to side and opened its mouth slightly. After about 10 seconds it made the sound that you can hear here. This species is capable of making a fairly loud sound, but this one was very quiet..."; Recording gear: Sennheiser MKH-30 and MKH-40 microphones in a stereo MS pattern to a Sound Devices 722 recorder
Recorded By Jeff Rice and Gary Nafis
Source http://www.westernsoundscape.org/
Copyright Audio file copyright 2010, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library, http://www.westernsoundscape.org/, and Gary Nafis. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
Date Entered 2010-03-02

   (296.6 K WAV file)
Species Ambystoma gracile (Ambystomatidae)
Locality
County King County
State Washington
Country United States
Date Recorded 2011-02-08
Call Type
Temperature (F/C) 44 degrees F
Temperature Type Air
Background
Notes Several expulsions of air from a paedomorphic Northwestern Salamander; Air temperature 44 degrees Fahrenheit, winds 0 mph, humidity 46%; local time 11:15 PM.

Recording equipment: Sennheiser MKH30 and MKH40 microphones in a stereo MS pattern to a Sound Devices 722 recorder; 196 kHz/24 bit sampling rate (attached file down-sampled to 44.1 kHz).

Recorded By Jeff Rice and Gary Nafis
Source
Copyright Audio file copyright 2011, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library, http://westernsoundscape.org, and Gary Nafis, http://californiaherps.com. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ 2/8/11
Date Entered 2011-03-16

   (2842.7 K WAV file)
Species Ambystoma gracile (Ambystomatidae)
Locality
County King County
State Washington
Country United States
Date Recorded 2011-02-08
Call Type
Temperature (F/C) 44 degrees F
Temperature Type Air
Background
Notes Several expulsions of air from a paedomorphic Northwestern Salamander; Air temperature 44 degrees Fahrenheit, winds 0 mph, humidity 46%; local time 11:15 PM.

Recording equipment: Sennheiser MKH30 and MKH40 microphones in a stereo MS pattern to a Sound Devices 722 recorder; 196 kHz/24 bit sampling rate (attached file down-sampled to 44.1 kHz).

Recorded By Jeff Rice and Gary Nafis
Source
Copyright Audio file copyright 2011, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library, http://westernsoundscape.org, and Gary Nafis, http://californiaherps.com. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ 2/8/11
Date Entered 2011-03-16