Marbled Salamander Maryland Salamanders

Salamander marbled ambystoma opacum stout.
Marbled salamander maryland salamanders. As with many ambystomatids the marbled salamander is a relatively stocky species. Black body with light crossbands. The eggs must be later submerged in rain or flood water to develop. Like most of the mole salamanders it is secretive spending most of its life under logs or in burrows.
Mary s co maryland 1 13 2018. All amphibians noted below are native to maryland. Salamander northern dusky desmognathus fuscus grey or brown body with a light stripe on back. They migrate to small pools of water after a rain event to breed.
This species is sexually dimorphic males tend. 3 5 to 4 3 inches in length. Maryland s salamanders and newts order caudata salamanders and newts are nocturnal and secretive animals with long slender bodies long tails and in most cases two pairs of legs. The marbled salamander is one of many amphibians found in the bottomland hardwood forests of mississippi.
Habitat photo for marbled salamander courtesy of rebecca chalmers deciduous and mixed forests adjacent to vernal pools. Photo by bill hubick. 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. Light line runs from eye to jaw.
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 salamanders mate in the fall and females lay 50 to 200 eggs in a small depression. Their life cycles can be totally aquatic totally terrestrial and in between spending time both on land and in water. Mbp list more of this species a marbled salamander in st.
A small stout bodied salamander this species is easily identified by its distinct black and white patterning across its entire body. Like many other species in the mole salamander family marbled salamanders remain underground most of the year. The bands of females tend to be gray while those of males are more white. 2 5 to 4 5 inches in length.
Marbled salamanders are found from southern new england to northern florida west across eastern texas and north through southeastern oklahoma and southern illinois. The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander. An adult marbled salamander in anne arundel co maryland 6 29 2008. 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.
Eggs are laid in the fall under coarse woody debris while the pools are dry.