Marbled Salamander Illinois Salamanders

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.

Marbled salamander illinois salamanders.

Eight illinois species of salamanders family plethodontidae lack lungs and rely entirely on the skin and mouth lining for gas exchange. The marbled salamander averages about three and one half to four and one half inches in length. As with many ambystomatids the marbled salamander is a relatively stocky species. They may be mauled by domestic pets mishandled by curious children and adults fall into window wells become trapped in or around buildings or find their way into crawl spaces and sump pump pits.

The marbled salamander is one of the smaller ambystomatid mole salamander species found in north carolina with adults only reaching lengths between 3 4 inches. The prairie research institute s illinois natural history survey provides a species distribution map and more natural history information. Marbled salamanders grow to about 3 5 4 25 in 9 10 7 cm in size and are. Marbled salamanders occur from southern new england to northern florida and west to southern illinois southeastern oklahoma and eastern texas.

Check out the idnr s wild about illinois salamanders website to learn about the marbled salamander. The crossbars are gray in females and white or silver in males. Marbled salamanders are found in the eastern united states from southern new england to northern florida and west to illinois and texas. The designation became official on june 26 2013.

Plethodontidae lungless salamanders have nasolabial grooves. Their habitats are damp woodlands forests and places with soft and wet soil. Marbled salamander ambystoma opacum photos by j d. Larval salamanders and the adults of the lesser siren and mudpuppy have external gills.

Willson unless otherwise noted description. Other skin glands release chemicals that coordinate reproductive behavior. Eastern tiger salamander salamanders run across many hazardous in illinois human dominated landscape. It has bands or crossbars along the back a black body and a plain black belly.

They have been found as far north as new hampshire though only two sightings have been reported there.