It is a threatened species in michigan.
Marbled salamander labled.
A small stout bodied salamander this species is easily identified by its distinct black and white patterning across its entire body.
The marbled salamander can be found from southern new hampshire to northern florida and west to southern illinois southeast oklahoma and east texas.
The marbled salamander is a stocky medium sized salamander marbled salamanders reach an adult size of 3 5 to 5 inches in length.
Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum.
They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum.
The marbled salamander is one of many amphibians found in the bottomland hardwood forests of mississippi.
Marbled salamander in boone county.
It is also found around lake erie and lake michigan and in south west missouri and along the northern border of ohio and indiana.
Like most of the mole salamanders it is secretive spending most of its life under logs or in burrows.
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These amphibians are very well known for both their beauty and smaller size.
Adults can grow to about 11 cm 4 in small compared to other members of its genus.
The body is black with light bands of varying widths running across the back.
Marbled salamanders are endangered in new hampshire and collecting or disturbing them is illegal.
Marbled salamanders spend most of their lives in self excavated burrows or those dug by small mammals and are most commonly found in deciduous or mixed pine forests on sandy soil.
This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands.
If you encounter one please take a photograph and submit it with location information to the nongame endangered species program at the nhfg department.
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They are gray to black in color with silvery white cross bands on males and grayish cross bands on females.
This secretive salamander spends most of its time under rocks logs or forest debris preferring forested areas.
This and many other amphibians require small fishless woodland.
The bands of females tend to be gray while those of males are more white.
Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance.
Photo by kevin stohlgren.
The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander.
