Marbled Salamander Juviniles

The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander.

Marbled salamander juviniles.

Marbled salamanders ambystoma opacum urodela. A small stout bodied salamander this species is easily identified by its distinct black and white patterning across its entire body. Juvenile marbled salamanders that were tested under laboratory conditions with conspecifics and with juvenile mole salamanders did not show any overt aggression perhaps indicating that such behavioral interactions are not important for juveniles smyers et al 2001. Like other ambystomatids these salamanders spend most of their time underground in burrows and are infrequently seen outside of the breeding season.

About reptiles and amphibians in missouri. The marbled salamander breeds from september to october in the northern part of its range and from october to december in the southern part of its range. They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum. Like other mole salamanders marbled salamanders are predators of smaller creatures but though they are voracious predators of insects worms and slugs they along with their eggs and juvenile forms provide food for many other hungry animals.

The bands of females tend to be gray while those of males are more white. 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. Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance. Like most of the mole salamanders it is secretive spending most of its life under logs or in burrows.

Adults can get around 4 inches on average. We have baby marbled salamanders for sale. A female marbled salamander guarding her clutch of eggs within a dry portion of a mendon swamp. The female lays 50 200 eggs one at a time in a depression under a log or in a clump of vegetation that will fill with water when it.

Naturally found throughout southeastern america ranging from georgia florida and around the higher areas of the appalachian mountains. With proper care these salamanders can live 8 10 years in captivity. This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands. Family ambystomatidae are a medium sized chunky salamander reaching up to 4 25 inches in length 10 8 cm as adults they have a variable number of white bars on the body.

The marbled salamander mates and lays its eggs on land. Here are some highlights.