Description marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodiedand chubby in appearance.
Marbled salamander maryland salamanders.
An adult marbled salamander in anne arundel co maryland 6 29 2008.
The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander.
The marbled salamander is one of the smaller ambystomatid mole salamander species found in north carolina with adults only reaching lengths between 3 4 inches.
2 5 to 4 5 inches in length.
As with many ambystomatids the marbled salamander is a relatively stocky species.
Like most of the mole salamanders it is secretive spending most of its life under logs or in burrows.
Adults can grow to about 11 cm 4 in small compared to other members of its genus.
Their life cycles can be totally aquatic totally terrestrial and in between spending time both on land and in water.
Mary s co maryland 1 13 2018.
The marbled salamander is one of many amphibians found in the bottomland hardwood forests of mississippi.
Disjunct populations are found near the southern perimeters of lake erie and lake michigan as well as in southwestern missouri and along the northern border between ohio and indiana.
Light line runs from eye to jaw.
Eggs are laid in the fall under coarse woody debris while the pools are dry.
Mbp list more of this species a marbled salamander in st.
Like many other species in the mole salamander family marbled salamanders remain underground most of the year.
Photo by bill hubick.
They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbandson the dorsum.
A small stout bodied salamander this species is easily identified by its distinct black and white patterning across its entire body.
All amphibians noted below are native to maryland.
Marbled salamanders are found from southern new england to northern florida west across eastern texas and north through southeastern oklahoma and southern illinois.
This species is sexually dimorphic males tend.
They migrate to small pools of water after a rain event to breed.
3 5 to 4 3 inches in length.
Black body with light crossbands.
Salamander marbled ambystoma opacum stout.
Habitat photo for marbled salamander courtesy of rebecca chalmers deciduous and mixed forests adjacent to vernal pools.
The body is black with light bands of varying widths running across the back.
The bands of females tend to be gray while those of males are more white.
The eggs must be later submerged in rain or flood water to develop.
