Times Dispatch: In a fragrant forest near the top of Virginia’s second-highest mountain, Kevin Hamed flipped some birch bark and found a living treasure. Hamed turned up a rare Weller’s salamander, a 3-inch, lizard-like creature with a golden back flecked with black. “It’s an awesome animal, in my opinion,” said Hamed, a 36-year-old biologist. “You don’t see gold that often in nature.” If the climate warms too much, you might not see this animal, either. The Weller’s salamander …