Red River Mudpuppy
Necturus louisianensis
The Red River mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus louisianensis), also called Louisiana waterdog or Red River waterdog, is a subspecies of aquatic salamander in the family Proteidae.
From the article Red River waterdog on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Differs in appearance from the common mudpuppy, which is gray to brown, with round blue-black spots. The Red River mudpuppy is light yellowish brown with a white stripe on either side of the middorsal area.
Range & habitat
It is found in southeastern Kansas, southern Missouri, northeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, and northcentral Louisiana. It lives only in the Red River and adjacent drainage systems.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
What it does
It eats mainly small underwater animals. Its feathery gills make it only able to breathe only underwater, not on land. It and many other mudpuppies can still go on land, but not for a very long time. They go on land only if the water is too dirty so they can find cleaner water in another part of the river.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Diet and behavior”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 476947.