Marbled Salamander

Ambystoma opacum

The Marbled Salamander is a small, boldly patterned mole salamander that breeds in autumn rather than spring. Females guard their eggs in dry depressions until winter rains flood them. Males have white cross-banding; females gray.

Habitat

Dry deciduous forests and bottomlands near seasonal pools

Diet

Earthworms, slugs, and insects

How common

Common

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