Georgia wildlife biologists need your help in tracking this rare amphibian. Here’s more.
Water dog, grampus, snot otter, hellbender.
Whatever you call it, the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division needs your help in identifying and tracking this rare amphibian.
In a Facebook post made earlier this month, the GWR shared that the creature, called the eastern hellbender, is actually North America’s largest salamander.
It is typically found in cold streams with a fast-moving current, stretches up to 2 feet long and is usually around 5 pounds.
If you see one, you’ll know it, according to GWR — and if you do, don’t disturb it.
Rather, snap a photo and write down a description of the hellbender. Be sure to include details such as the day, time, place you saw it, as well as the estimated size; then send everything to wildlife biologist Thomas Floyd at thomas.floyd@dnr.ga.gov.
