Picture Of Marbled Salamander

Species of special concern habitat.

Picture of marbled salamander.

This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands. 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. Upland forest and swampy forest with temporary ponds. Ephotozine the web s friendliest photography community.

Find the perfect marbled salamander stock photo. They are gray to black in color with silvery white cross bands on males and grayish cross bands on females. Most michigan salamanders begin breeding in the spring months with a few exceptions. Upload photos chat with photographers win prizes and much more.

4 5 inches 10 12 7 cm in length status. Huge collection amazing choice 100 million high quality affordable rf and rm images. The marbled salamander is a stocky medium sized salamander marbled salamanders reach an adult size of 3 5 to 5 inches in length. The marbled salamander ambystoma opacum is a species of mole salamander found in the eastern united states marbled salamanders are found in high angle view of marbled salamander.

They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum. Marbled salamanders are very defensive about their territory. Almost all carnivorous and omnivorous species in the animal kingdom think the marbled salamanders make a delicious snack. 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.

Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance. 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. 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.

No need to register buy now. Sporting white or gray bands across its body this secretive species is known to hide out beneath leaves and logs. In some habitats the larvae of the larval marbled salamanders help to control the mosquito populations. The background color is rich black and becomes a light bluish black on the lower sides.