A female marbled salamander on eggs found under a log in a dried vernal pool within Kisatchie National Forest.

female with eggs

another female with eggs

Found 2 nests, one with mother, at a vernal pool behind a school in Durham

Found nest guarding under a log along the bank of an ephemeral pond filling from the past nights' rainfall.

Female with eggs

Female with Eggs. Last rain 9/29/15.

Male and female pair with eggs

Number of Individuals Seen: 1

Weather Conditions: Mostly sunny/clear.

Habitat Type: Forest seep.

Behavior Observed: Female with eggs.

Description: Adult.

Additional Comments:

Ambystoma opacum eggs?

Sitting on eggs

Female

Sitting on eggs possibly 20 eggs or so.

Female guarding her eggs

Female on eggs

Female on eggs

Female

Adult female w/full-term egg mass observed near gravel pit during a biological survey for NJ Undetermined/Special Concern Species. Vicinity of Weymouth, New Jersey.

Near an Ambystoma talpoideum

Salamander

Adult with eggs found under a log

Adult female guarding eggs

A female protecting her eggs

Many eggs found under logs and bark.

Mother guarding nest

5 individuals found under logs.

A lot of mold in the nest

Nest, eggs covered with mold. No female in attendance.

Nest site

Female attending eggs at nest.

VHS Survey. Guarding eggs... A little early...

4 surface active males, 3 nest-guarding females

in Vernal Pool 7 waiting for rain

beneath log in dry vernal pool area where marbled salamander was observed on Oct 26, 2019

Eggs under log

Nesting on edge of vernal pool under a rotting log

with eggs

Communal nesting.

On nest.