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St Martin Parish this morning

They have 2 sets of legs, these were close to 36 inches long (Boga was out of commission so no weights)
Have seen em close to 4 feet long and 5 inches in diameter

Please give some local names too, I bet y'all got some funny ones

If i had to guess a freshwater eel

no, these have legs

I would report this as 72 inches of salamander.

Skinks. :)

It is a type of salamander

That be some mud puppys

amphiumas?

water dog, mud puppy, hell bender, sirens, congo eel

Amphiuma. We have two species here, the two-toed amphiuma, and the three-toed amphiuma. Many people call them freshwater eels. I know crawfish farmers hate em, always in the ponds. First time I saw them was after hurricane Ike. We had a bunch of them in the yard when the storm water rose. Since then, I've seen them sporadically. Caught a 3 footer out of our ditch once, froze it for my Zoology class. Nastiest thing I've ever had to preserve. Very slimy critters.

LCD for the win again. The 3-toed amphiuma, a big aquatic salamander

Don't see why they wouldn't taste like a bullfrog, but i ain't eatin em

Also, I've heard they have got a mean bite for a salamander.

^^^^^ Beat me to it! Amphiuma.

Mud dog????

Dey nasty, dont want no part of handling one.

Used to see em in coolys/gullys when I was a kid. Caught a few. Used to walk the ones behind my grandma's house all the time and catch whatever moved armed with my trust dipnet: minnows, frogs, crawfish, snakes, eels, tadpoles. Those were the days.

Mud puppies

Mud puppies. They eat good too

When it floods the ditches you can spot them easy with a light. See them frogging with the kids all the time going around neighborhood. They have little sharp teeth by the way. Watch the fingers

Used to call them "Lan-pedes", or something like that...