From NPS inventory surveys -
Tuberville et al. 2005. Southeastern Naturalist 4:537-569
1st photo - loose fragment from forest floor beside the rock, the fragment presumably dislodged by the Squirrel that had used the rock as place to shuck and eat its Hickory nuts, the evidence I cleaned-up so as to present a clean specimen for photography.
Epipetric/saxicolous, not the usual epiphytic habit on tree bark.
Got photos of the underside of the abdomen this time! All tips related to Ambystoma ID are welcome!
Francis Marion National Forest, SC, USA
There's something almost artsy about these creations - mud dauber nests under the roof of the covered bridge.