The marbled salamander is relatively small growing three to five inches in length.
Marbled salamander fun facts.
Native to south dakota.
Marbled salamanders are very interesting species in terms of behavior.
Apart from their breeding season they hardly come in contact with others of its species.
Juvenile marbled salamanders hatch early compared to most salamanders and gain a size advantage by feeding and growing for several months before the jefferson salamanders and spotted salamanders hatch later in the spring.
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Adults are black with silvery crossbands along their bodies.
Disjunct populations are found near the southern perimeters of lakes erie and michigan as well as in southwestern missouri and along the northern border between ohio and indiana.
4 10 years or more.
Marbled salamanders occur from southern new england to northern florida and west to southern illinois southeastern oklahoma and eastern texas.
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Living in the nearctic biogeographic province the northern part of the new world.
Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are stout bodied and chubby in appearance.
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The male marbled salamanders arrive before the female ones at the prospective sites of breeding during breeding season.
Larvae typically mature as quickly as two months in the southern part of their range but take up to six months to mature in.
This includes greenland the canadian arctic islands and all of the north american as far south as the highlands of central mexico.