Two-year-old eastern hellbender

A hellbender, showing green and gold hues, rests behind glass in a tank. The image shows the salamander in profile.
Photo By/Credit

Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program

Date Shot/Created
10/01/2017
Media Usage Rights/License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0
Image
A two-year-old Eastern hellbender being raised in captivity in New York in 2017 before release into the Susquehanna River watershed.
Ecosystem
River/stream
Species
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis
Subject tags
Amphibians
Rivers and streams
Wildlife
Wildlife restoration