http://www.paherp.org/forum/ PAHERP Forum » Tag: amphibian - Recent Posts en Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:44:48 +0000 http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/lesions-found-on-hellbenders-in-central-pa#post-351 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:46:44 +0000 Vanessa 351@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>I heard from a hellbender expert that they're actually wounds from the hellbenders fighting each other for territory! </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/lesions-found-on-hellbenders-in-central-pa#post-339 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:41:30 +0000 paherp 339@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>The video is great Vanessa.<br /> The lesions do not sound good at all. I wonder if this is chemical related and hopefully not something like the bog turtles are going though. </p> <p>I emailed you some of the information you asked for. But I may forward this to a few other people. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/lesions-found-on-hellbenders-in-central-pa#post-338 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:04:24 +0000 Vanessa 338@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>The last time I went out looking for Hellbenders in central PA, all of the ones I found had pretty big lesions on them. Has anyone encountered this? Any ideas about what it could be? Could there be some kind of disease? I've attached a photo here. <img src="http://api.ning.com/files/ZyRw3EXPv5kWhS45LoZbTHhEgJfnhIOTCjwX60z9xPI_/hellbenderlesion.jpg"></p> <p>Also, you can see a video of our trip at my website: <a href="http://www.naturebreak.org/NatureBreak/Nature_Break.html">NatureBreak</a> </p>