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The marbled salamander is a stout, black and white banded salamander. It exhibits sexual dimorphism with bands of females tending to be light gray, while those of males are bright white. Males also have a larger proportion of white dorsal surface area relative to females. [ 2 ]
The southern marbled newt or pygmy marbled newt (Triturus pygmaeus) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae.It is found in Portugal and Spain.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, open ...
Common name Scientific name Status Notes Distribution Ringed salamander: Ambystoma annulatum Cope, 1886: Vulnerable [28] Northwestern and western Arkansas Spotted salamander: Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) Secure [29] Statewide Marbled salamander: Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) Secure [30] Statewide except northwest Mole salamander ...
Cryptobranchoidea (Giant salamanders) Family Common names Example species. Example image Cryptobranchidae: Giant salamanders: Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) Hynobiidae: Asiatic salamanders: Hida salamander (Hynobius kimurae) Salamandroidea (Advanced salamanders) Ambystomatidae: Mole salamanders: Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum ...
Common name Scientific name Status Notes Distribution Jefferson salamander: Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green, 1827) Species of special concern Females of this species can form a unisexual form that cannot be identified to species level without DNA testing [3] Statewide, seemingly absent from near Philadelphia and the surrounding counties
Marbled newts owe their name to their green–black, marbled colour pattern. In females, an orange-red line runs down back and tail. The crest of male marbled newts is smaller and fleshier than that of the crested newts and not indented, but marbled newt males also have a whitish tail band at breeding time. [9]: 142–147
Scientific name Common name Family Conservation concern; Ambystoma bishopi: reticulated flatwoods salamander Ambystomatidae: Highest Ambystoma cingulatum: flatwoods salamander: Ambystomatidae: Possibly extirpated/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as threatened Ambystoma maculatum: spotted salamander: Ambystomatidae: Low Ambystoma opacum: marbled ...
Marbled salamander: Adults are 3.5 to 5 inches (8.9 to 12.7 cm) long and are colored black or dark gray with white or gray markings. Considered an endangered species in Michigan. [3] Ambystoma texanum: Small-mouth salamander: Adults are 4.3 to 7 inches (11 to 18 cm) long and are colored black, gray or brown. Considered an endangered species in ...