Marbled Salamander Fetures Labled

Unlike many of its close relatives this salamander breeds in the autumn instead of early spring and on land instead of in water.

Marbled salamander fetures labled.

Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance. This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands. 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.

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. Adults can grow to about 11 cm 4 in small compared to other members of its genus. 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. A female marbled salamander guarding her clutch of eggs within a dry portion of a mendon swamp.

The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander. It is also found around lake erie and lake michigan and in south west missouri and along the northern border of ohio and indiana. They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum. The belly may be black or brownish black occasionally with some light speckling.