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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] Females have been reported to have more asymmetrical dorsal markings ...
Triturus. Triturus is a genus of newts comprising the crested and the marbled newts, which are found from Great Britain through most of continental Europe to westernmost Siberia, Anatolia, and the Caspian Sea region. Their English names refer to their appearance: marbled newts have a green–black colour pattern, while the males of crested ...
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard -like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All ten extant salamander families are grouped together under the order Urodela from the group Caudata. [2]
The Jefferson salamander, which hybridizes with the blue-spotted salamander, [8] is a rare species of special concern in Vermont. [10] Spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum [13] [14] The spotted salamander is a Species of Greatest Conservation Need as identified in the Vermont Wildlife Action Plan. [15] Marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum ...
Spotted salamander: Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) Abundant Statewide Marbled salamander: Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) Species of special concern Primarily southeastern counties, extends into central counties, scattered records in eastern counties Tiger salamander: Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) Extirpated [5]
The crater salamander ( Bolitoglossa marmorea ), also known as the marbled crater salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical, high-altitude moist montane forests. It has a small area of distribution (less than 5000 km2 and fewer than five ...
List of amphibians of Texas. Seventy-two amphibian species are found in the American state of Texas, including forty-four species of frog and twenty-eight species of salamander. Four species are categorized as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: the Barton Springs salamander, the Texas blind salamander, the black ...
Northern crested newt. The northern crested newt, great crested newt or warty newt (Triturus cristatus) is a newt species native to Great Britain, northern and central continental Europe and parts of Western Siberia. It is a large newt, with females growing up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long. Its back and sides are dark brown, while the belly is yellow ...