Critters of the Week

Where Spotted: Reedy Creek
Common Name: Marbled Salamander
Scientific Name: Ambystoma opacum
Length: 3.5-4.25 in (9 – 10.7 cm)

Quick Facts Courtesy of the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory 

• Marbled Salamanders are found throughout the Southeast but are absent from southeastern Georgia, peninsular Florida, and the higher elevations of the Appalachian Mountains.
• They are a fossorial species, meaning they spend most of their lives underground and out of sight.
• Like many salamanders, Marbled Salamanders have poison glands in their tails to help deter predators.
• Females will lay about 30-100 eggs in a depression on land (usually beneath a log or leaf litter). The female stays with her developing eggs until rain fills the wetland and triggers the eggs to hatch. If the rain never comes, then the eggs have the ability to over winter until spring to hatch.

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