A small stout bodied salamander this species is easily identified by its distinct black and white patterning across its entire body.
Marbled salamander gender.
The marbled salamander is one of many amphibians found in the bottomland hardwood forests of mississippi.
They can live between11 14 years if properly cared for.
Found her under a log along with 3 stag beetle larvae.
Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance.
They are gray to black in color with silvery white cross bands on males and grayish cross bands on females.
Marbled salamander in boone county.
Adults can grow to about 11 cm 4 in small compared to other members of its genus.
These include the marbled salamander and the mudpuppy which breed in the fall the four toed salamander that breeds in late summer and fall and the red backed salamander which breeds in the fall through winter and early spring in some places.
The marbled salamander has white or gray crossbands on a dull black body.
Photo by kevin stohlgren.
This secretive salamander spends most of its time under rocks logs or forest debris preferring forested areas.
Marbled salamanders are black with white splotches and bands giving them a marbled appearance.
The body is black with light bands of varying widths running across the back.
This and many other amphibians require small fishless woodland.
It may also occur in open sandy woods and on rocky dry hillsides.
Bands generally do not reach the black underside.
How to setup a simple but effective terrarium for a marbled salamander or any salamander that requires cool temperatures and moist conditions.
The male has white bands and the female has gray bands.
The bands of females tend to be gray while those of males are more white.
Band width varies and bands may merge form circles on the back or have gaps.
This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands.
They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum.
Like most of the mole salamanders it is secretive spending most of its life under logs or in burrows.
Newly transformed young have brown to black ground color with light speckles.
Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum description.
They typically grow to about 4 inches long.
Most michigan salamanders begin breeding in the spring months with a few exceptions.
