Picture Of A Marbled Salamander

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

Picture of a marbled salamander.

The background color is rich black and becomes a light bluish black on the lower sides. 97 marbled salamander stock photos are available royalty free. A female marbled salamander guarding her clutch of eggs within a dry portion of a mendon swamp. Reach 1 6 million photographers.

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. At 4 5 inches long it is shorter than its relatives but proportionately chunkier plump. Find the perfect marbled salamander stock photo. Huge collection amazing choice 100 million high quality affordable rf and rm images.

Upland forest and swampy forest with temporary ponds. Like most mole salamanders it is relatively thick bodied. No need to register buy now. Advertise on epz.

Marbled salamanders are part of the mole salamander family which is a group of salamanders endemic to north america and the only genus in the. Upload photos chat with photographers win prizes and much more. Marbled salamanders are very defensive about their territory. They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum.

Species of special concern habitat. Marbled salamanders like this pregnant female found at an attleboro tennis court often must cross through yards while migrating to their breeding sites during late summer nights. In some habitats the larvae of the larval marbled salamanders help to control the mosquito populations. I found this marbled salamander under a log in north carolina.

The marbled salamander is a mole salamander. Most michigan salamanders begin breeding in the spring months with a few exceptions. Sporting white or gray bands across its body this secretive species is known to hide out beneath leaves and logs. Small stout bodied species.

It is closely related to the spotted blue spotted and jefferson salamanders. 4 5 inches 10 12 7 cm in length status. Almost all carnivorous and omnivorous species in the animal kingdom think the marbled salamanders make a delicious snack.