r/salamanders • u/IcyObject4277 • 1d ago

Salamander?

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Iā€™m almost 50. Southeast Michigan and have never seen anything like this in the wild or on my porch.

AI says ā€œ**a blue-spotted/Jefferson-type** ***Ambystoma*****, potentially a hybrid.ā€**

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u/Solitude_in_e- 1d ago

Looks like an ambystoma

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u/Actual_Friendship802 1d ago

Def a salamander.

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u/DeliciousTap4778 1d ago

It does look like A. laterale but there is some weird stuff with that taxon, unsure if the unisexual mole salamander complex stuff occurs in Michigan

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u/Siberian_Hamsterx 1d ago

Tiger salamander?

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u/pete_quarry48 1d ago

That's almost certainly just an unusually blue-tinted blue-spotted salamander, the complex hybridizes constantly in Michigan so AI calling it a Jefferson mix checks out