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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
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]
Grobman, 1943. Cryptobranchus guildayi. Holman, 1977. The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), also known as the hellbender salamander, is a species of aquatic giant salamander endemic to the eastern and central United States. It is the largest salamander in North America.
Larch Mountain salamander. Leptodactylus fragilis. Lesser siren. List of amphibians of Florida. Lithobates clamitans. Little grass frog. Long-toed salamander. Louisiana slimy salamander. Lowland burrowing tree frog.
The ringed salamander (Ambystoma annulatum) is a species of mole salamander native to hardwood and mixed hardwood-pine forested areas in and around the Ozark Plateau and Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. [2] This species of salamander has slander body, small head, and long tail. They are usually found to have various ...