Marbled Salamander Identification Sines

The crossbands are grey in females white in males.

Marbled salamander identification sines.

Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum 127mm 5in a stocky mole salamander stays underground most of the time. Identification these are fairly large stout black salamanders with wide silver or white bands. Giving rise to its name the marbled salamander is covered head to tail across is back in striking white to silver crossbands on a field that is otherwise black or dark gray. Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum conservationplan for massachusetts september 1 2008 prepared by.

Marbled salamanders are very variable in their markings but usually show patterns of whitish or gray speckles spots or bars across the back. It s okay to check multiple boxes. Like most mole salamanders it is relatively thick bodied. At 4 5 inches long it is shorter.

Then click any search. A small stout salamander with silvery or white saddle shaped marks on its body from head to tail. Kevin mcgarigal associate professor and director of landscape ecology program department of natural resources. Having an overall dark gray or black body the marbled salamander gets its name from the 4 7 white or gray bands crossing its back and sides often forming a marble pattern.

It is closely related to the spotted blue spotted and jefferson salamanders. Eastern tiger salamander ambystoma tigrinum length. The plain belly is also black. It is a chunky.

Identification the marbled salamander is a mole salamander. Light crossbands of variable size shape and width on an otherwise black back and sides. The back is generally shiny jet black while the belly is. Light bands on shiny dark background.

Marbled salamanders are sexually dimorphic and dichromatic meaning that males and females are shaped and colored differently. Males are typically smaller than females and during the breeding season their silvery white crossbands become bright white.