Snot Otter Emerges Victorious In Vote For Pennsylvania’s Official Amphibian

April 18, 2019btollesonRSS Sample

Rod Williams, a Purdue University associate professor, holds a hellbender that he and a team of students collected in southern Indiana

The Eastern hellbender salamander may not be a looker. But its sensitivity to pollution and changing water conditions makes the creature a useful indicator for water quality in rivers and streams.

(Image credit: Rick Callahan/AP)