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Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) at vernal pool in MissouriHenry Street is a two-lane street in North Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) cross the street to get from their overwintering sites in the wooded area east of the roadway to their breeding sites to the west. [1]
Wisconsin status Picture Blue-spotted salamander: Ambystoma laterale: Least concern Common Eastern newt: Notophthalmus viridescens: Least concern Common Red-backed salamander: Plethodon cinereus: Least concern Common Tiger salamander: Ambystoma tigrinum: Least concern Common Four-toed salamander: Hemidactylium scutatum: Least concern Special ...
Jefferson salamander: Ambystoma jeffersonianum: Salamander: Ambystomatidae: Uncommon; Found mainly throughout Western Massachusetts; This amphibians range includes the blue spotted/Jefferson salamander hybrid, where both species interbreed and creates hybrids; It is a species of special concern in the Commonwealth due to habitat loss
Red-backed salamander in its habitat. The red-backed salamander is a small terrestrial salamander, 5.7–10.0 cm (2.2–3.9 in) in total length (including tail), which usually lives in forested areas under rocks, logs, bark, and other debris. [4]
Other closely related salamanders in the same family are in the genus Andrias, which contains the Japanese and Chinese giant salamanders. The hellbender is much larger than any other salamander in its geographic range, and employs an unusual adaption for respiration through cutaneous gas exchange via capillaries found in its lateral skin
The spring salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders). It is found in Canada and the United States. The genus, Gyrinophilus, means "tadpole lover" and refers to the long period of time it spends as a gilled larva before maturin
Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamanderlike beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived. The predator, which was larger than a person, likely used ...
state An undisturbed sphagnum-heath bog in southern New England, illustrating ecological succession from open water in a glacial depression to upland forest. [10] Reedy Meadow (was Lynnfield Marsh) June 1972 Between Wakefield and South Lynnfield: Essex: municipal, The largest freshwater cattail marsh in Massachusetts.