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Black-chinned red salamander, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

A close-up shot of a black-chinned red salamander in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Shannon Welch
Thursday, August 1, 2019

According to the NPS site, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is known as "the salamander capital of the world." Fairly common around the park, black-chinned red salamanders can be found up to elevations of 3,000 feet.

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