Marbled Salamander Salamanders Maryland

This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands.

Marbled salamander salamanders maryland.

Black body with light crossbands. Unlike most of the family the marbled salamander breeds in the fall and on land. Their life cycles can be totally aquatic totally terrestrial and in between spending time both on land and in water. The dorsal coloration is a black background with gray female or white male markings and its belly is black.

Deciduous and mixed forests adjacent to vernal pools. Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance. Eastern tiger salamander tt marbled salamander ambystonga opacum spotted salamander ambystoma maculatum seal salamander desmogllûthus 111011ticola. Maryland s salamanders and newts order caudata marbled salamander ambystoma opacum.

Light line runs from eye to jaw. 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. The red back salamander 2 to 3 inches. Maculatum jefferson salamander a.

The marbled salamander is part of a family known as mole salamanders. Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum. 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. Salamanders of maryland featuring photographs by mark tegges northern slimy salamander p lethod0jt glutinosus jefferson salamander t.

They are a nocturnal species. Many researchers have investigated various aspects of the life history of mole. Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum. If no rain comes once the eggs are laid they may be able to overwinter and hatch in the spring.

Marbled salamanders ambystoma opacum spotted salamander a. 3 5 to 4 3 inches in length. Salamander northern dusky desmognathus fuscus grey or brown body with a light stripe on back. Salamander marbled ambystoma opacum stout.

Marbled salamanders can metamorphose more quickly in warmer climates taking as little as two months. There are several species of salamanders found in maryland. All amphibians noted below are native to maryland. They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum.

Habitat photo for marbled salamander courtesy of rebecca chalmers. 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. Eggs are laid in the fall under coarse woody debris while the pools are dry. Salamanders feed on worms and small insects found.

2 5 to 4 5 inches in length. Tigrinum tigrinum are the mole salamanders found within maryland. Jeffersonianum and tiger salamander a.