The background color is rich black and becomes a light bluish black on the lower sides.
Marbled salamander identification signs.
The bands of females tend to be gray while those of males are more white.
The crossbands are grey in females white in males.
Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum 127mm 5in a stocky mole salamander stays underground most of the time.
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The bands often run together or are interrupted and broadest on the sides of the body.
The body is generally stocky with a tail usually barely the length of the.
Like most of the mole salamanders it is secretive spending most of its life under logs or in burrows.
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The plain belly is also black.
Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum 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.
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The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander.
The upper body pattern is made up of white to light grey crossbands that run across the head body and tail.
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.
Males are typically smaller than females and during the breeding season their silvery white crossbands become bright white.
Light bands on shiny dark background.
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Markings tend to be gray in females white in males.
The marbled salamander is a medium sized salamander with a length of 5 inches 12 7 cm see klemens 1993.
Light crossbands of variable size shape and width on an otherwise black back and sides.
