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Duck Butter 04-04-2012 02:52 PM

Guess what this is
 
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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

BIG RED 1983 04-04-2012 02:55 PM

If i had to guess a freshwater eel

Duck Butter 04-04-2012 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BIG RED 1983 (Post 415297)
If i had to guess a freshwater eel

no, these have legs

Lake Chuck Duck 04-04-2012 02:58 PM

I would report this as 72 inches of salamander.

mcjaredsandwich 04-04-2012 03:00 PM

Skinks. :)

Duck Butter 04-04-2012 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Lake Chuck Duck (Post 415299)
I would report this as 72 inches of salamander.

It is a type of salamander

flounder_smacker 04-04-2012 03:02 PM

That be some mud puppys

Lake Chuck Duck 04-04-2012 03:03 PM

amphiumas?

BIG RED 1983 04-04-2012 03:03 PM

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

Smalls 04-04-2012 03:05 PM

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.

Duck Butter 04-04-2012 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lake Chuck Duck (Post 415304)
amphiumas?

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

Smalls 04-04-2012 03:06 PM

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

Duffy.yyz 04-04-2012 03:06 PM

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

latravcha 04-04-2012 03:06 PM

Mud dog????

Lake Chuck Duck 04-04-2012 03:07 PM

Dey nasty, dont want no part of handling one.

specktator 04-04-2012 03:15 PM

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.

SHORT SHANK 04-04-2012 03:26 PM

Mud puppies

Top Dawg 04-04-2012 07:24 PM

Mud puppies. They eat good too

homerun 04-04-2012 07:49 PM

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

Hydro 04-04-2012 07:52 PM

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


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