Marbled Salamander Fetures Labled

The marbled salamander can be found from southern new hampshire to northern florida and west to southern illinois southeast oklahoma and east texas.

Marbled salamander fetures labled.

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. A female marbled salamander guarding her clutch of eggs within a dry portion of a mendon swamp. Unlike many of its close relatives this salamander breeds in the autumn instead of early spring and on land instead of in water. Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance.

Adults can grow to about 11 cm 4 in small compared to other members of its genus. The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander. This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands. They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum.

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. It is a threatened species in michigan. The bands of females tend to be gray while those of males are more white. Like most of the mole salamanders it is secretive spending most of its life under logs or in burrows.