Common Name: Tiger salamander, eastern tiger salamander Scientific Name: Ambystoma tigrinum Adult Size: 6 to 8 inches Life ...

and marbled salamanders are the New York representatives of a family known as the mole salamanders, so-called because they spend most of their adult life underground, except for a brief early spring ...

MIGRATION: Once fall and winter rains begin, adult tiger salamanders emerge from underground hibernation habitat in mammal burrows and migrate to breeding ponds. After breeding, adults disperse back ...

With its wide mouth charmingly outlined in yellow, the California tiger salamander always looks like it's smiling. But this beautiful amphibian is a discriminating species that can only thrive in ...

"Spotted salamanders, common in the northeast United States, lay their eggs in low-oxygen vernal pools where they undergo metamorphosis into their adult forms. In more than a century of study, ...