Marbled Salamander Identification Sines

Kevin mcgarigal associate professor and director of landscape ecology program department of natural resources.

Marbled salamander identification sines.

Identification these are fairly large stout black salamanders with wide silver or white bands. Eastern tiger salamander ambystoma tigrinum length. A small stout salamander with silvery or white saddle shaped marks on its body from head to tail. Identification the marbled salamander is a mole salamander.

Marbled salamanders are very variable in their markings but usually show patterns of whitish or gray speckles spots or bars across the back. It is a chunky. At 4 5 inches long it is shorter. It is closely related to the spotted blue spotted and jefferson salamanders.

Light crossbands of variable size shape and width on an otherwise black back and sides. Like most mole salamanders it is relatively thick bodied. The crossbands are grey in females white in males. The back is generally shiny jet black while the belly is.

Males are typically smaller than females and during the breeding season their silvery white crossbands become bright white. Marbled salamanders are sexually dimorphic and dichromatic meaning that males and females are shaped and colored differently. These crossbands vary in shape and also in color from silver white to gray. Markings tend to be gray in females white in males.

Light bands on shiny dark background. Then click any search. The plain belly is also black. Discover life s page about the biology natural history ecology identification and distribution of discover life answer one or more questions on right by clicking checkboxes.

It s okay to check multiple boxes. Having an overall dark gray or black body the marbled salamander gets its name from the 4 7 white or gray bands crossing its back and sides often forming a marble pattern.