The most common species that might be found in suburban areas are the spotted salamander 5 to 7 inches see photo the slimy salamander 2 to 3 inches.
Marbled salamander salamanders maryland.
Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum.
All amphibians noted below are native to maryland.
Deciduous and mixed forests adjacent to vernal pools.
Salamander marbled ambystoma opacum stout.
Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance.
Eggs are laid in the fall under coarse woody debris while the pools are dry.
Maryland s salamanders and newts order caudata marbled salamander ambystoma opacum.
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.
And the red salamander 4 6 inches.
They are a nocturnal species.
Their life cycles can be totally aquatic totally terrestrial and in between spending time both on land and in water.
There are several species of salamanders found in maryland.
The dorsal coloration is a black background with gray female or white male markings and its belly is black.
This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands.
The marbled salamander is part of a family known as mole salamanders.
If no rain comes once the eggs are laid they may be able to overwinter and hatch in the spring.
Jeffersonianum and tiger salamander a.
2 5 to 4 5 inches in length.
They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum.
Salamander northern dusky desmognathus fuscus grey or brown body with a light stripe on back.
The red back salamander 2 to 3 inches.
Eastern tiger salamander tt marbled salamander ambystonga opacum spotted salamander ambystoma maculatum seal salamander desmogllûthus 111011ticola.
Young salamanders have dark colored specks on the dark background.
Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum is a relatively small black mole salamander with silvery or whitish banded markings unlike other maryland representatives of the genus ambystoma this species breeds in late autumn at vernal pools including ones that are seasonally dry until spring rains the female guards her eggs until water levels rise and the eggs hatch.
Black body with light crossbands.
Marbled salamanders ambystoma opacum spotted salamander a.
Maculatum jefferson salamander a.
Unlike most of the family the marbled salamander breeds in the fall and on land.
Salamanders feed on worms and small insects found.
Salamanders of maryland featuring photographs by mark tegges northern slimy salamander p lethod0jt glutinosus jefferson salamander t.
Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum.
Tigrinum tigrinum are the mole salamanders found within maryland.
Light line runs from eye to jaw.
3 5 to 4 3 inches in length.
Marbled salamanders can metamorphose more quickly in warmer climates taking as little as two months.
