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.
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The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander.
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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.
These amphibians are very well known for both their beauty and smaller size.
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Most michigan salamanders begin breeding in the spring months with a few exceptions.
Like most of the mole salamanders it is secretive spending most of its life under logs or in burrows.
Adults can grow to about 11 cm 4 in small compared to other members of its genus.
The belly may be black or brownish black occasionally with some light speckling.
They like to live in damp woodlands close to ponds or streams.
Unlike many of its close relatives this salamander breeds in the autumn instead of early spring and on land instead of in water.
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Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum.
September is the peak breeding period in massachusetts for one of its most attractive yet unorthodox amphibian species the marbled salamander ambystoma opacum during rainy foggy or very humid nights adults emerge from underground burrows in the forest and migrate overland to swamps and vernal pools to breed and deposit eggs.
The marbled salamander is a member of the mole salamander family and can grow to be from 9 to 11 centimeters.
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Unlike the rest of the mole salamander family the marbled salamander does not breed in water.