Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
I found this Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), as I was turning a compost pile. They are in the Mole Salamander Family, members of which are found only in North America. Adult mole salamanders are characterized by robust bodies and limbs and short blunt heads. They range in length from 6-9 inches.
Mole salamanders live most of their life underground. For a very brief time each spring the amphibians emerge from underground to walk up to a half-mile to the vernal pool where they hatched.
wildlife.state.nh.us/wildlife/species-list.html#amphibians
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
I found this Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), as I was turning a compost pile. They are in the Mole Salamander Family, members of which are found only in North America. Adult mole salamanders are characterized by robust bodies and limbs and short blunt heads. They range in length from 6-9 inches.
Mole salamanders live most of their life underground. For a very brief time each spring the amphibians emerge from underground to walk up to a half-mile to the vernal pool where they hatched.
wildlife.state.nh.us/wildlife/species-list.html#amphibians