Black And White Marbled Salamander

Adults can grow to about 11 cm 4 in small compared to other members of its genus.

Black and white marbled salamander.

The bands of females tend to be gray while those of males are more white. 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. This species is sexually dimorphic males tend to have white crossbands and females tend to have gray silvery crossbands. 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 is one of many amphibians found in the bottomland hardwood forests of mississippi. Like most of the mole salamanders it is secretive spending most of its life under logs or in burrows. They can be identified by their black dark brown body including its venter with light white silvery crossbands on the dorsum. Their bellies are black.

The body is black with light bands of varying widths running across the back. The marbled salamander has a large tail that is about 40 percent of their whole body. They are gray to black in color with silvery white cross bands on males and grayish cross bands on females. The marbled salamander is a stocky boldly banded salamander.

It has short limbs with four toes a broad snout and black eyes. Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance. Sporting white or gray bands across its body this secretive species is known to hide out beneath leaves and logs. Photo by kevin stohlgren.

Because of their markings they have the word marbled in their name.