Marbled Salamander Fetures Labled

The belly may be black or brownish black occasionally with some light speckling.

Marbled salamander fetures labled.

Marbled salamanders like this pregnant female found at an attleboro tennis court often must cross through yards while migrating to their breeding sites during late summer nights. They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum. The marbled salamander is a medium sized 3 4 5 inches adult length thick bodied salamander with white or gray bands across a black to dark brown black body. The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander.

Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance. The bands of females tend to be gray while those of males are more white. This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands. Adults can grow to about 11 cm 4 in small compared to other members of its genus.

It is also found around lake erie and lake michigan and in south west missouri and along the northern border of ohio and indiana. Females lay their eggs near a pond curl protectively around them then wait until rains make the pond water high enough to cover the eggs. The marbled salamander can be found from southern new hampshire to northern florida and west to southern illinois southeast oklahoma and east texas. It is a threatened species in michigan.