Spotted Salamander
(Ambystoma maulatum) |
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DESCRIPTION: 6-9 3/4"
(15.2-24.8 cm). Stoutly built, black, blue-black, dark gray, or
dark brown above, with 2 irregular rows of round, yellow or
orange spots beginning on head and extending to tail tip. Belly
slate-gray.
STATUS: Acid rains have so polluted the water in
some Northeast ponds that eggs cannot develop and some
populations have died out.
RANGE: South-central Ontario to
Nova Scotia, south to Georgia and east Texas.
HABITAT: Hardwood
forests and hillsides around pools and flooded depression.
SPECIAL HABITAT: Moist woodlands near
swamps, ponds, and creeks
FOOD: large insects, earthworms, amphibians
and small mice |
