Marbled Salamander Fetures Labled

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.

Marbled salamander fetures labled.

This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands. A female marbled salamander guarding her clutch of eggs within a dry portion of a mendon swamp. Like most of the mole salamanders it is secretive spending most of its life under logs or in burrows. It is a threatened species in michigan.

Adults can grow to about 11 cm 4 in small compared to other members of its genus. The bands of females tend to be gray while those of males are more white. It is also found around lake erie and lake michigan and in south west missouri and along the northern border of ohio and indiana. The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander.

The belly may be black or brownish black occasionally with some light speckling. 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. The marbled salamander can be found from southern new hampshire to northern florida and west to southern illinois southeast oklahoma and east texas. Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance.