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| A large 7-12 cm salamander, the Blue-spotted is black with many bluish flecks and spots along its sides and extends onto its tail. The belly is dark grey or black. They have four toes on the front feet and five toes on the hind feet. The Blue-spotted Salamander prefers the moist soil found in Algonquin Highlands’ marshes, flooded roadside ditches, and ponds in poorly drained woodlots and fields, and hide under fallen, rotten logs, in leaf litter, moss, and other debris. Blue-spotted salamanders move to breeding ponds in March and early April. Males arrive at the pond before the females, who wait for more consistent weather. Eggs are laid singly or in clusters of 10 to 40 eggs on the pond bottom or around submerged twigs. The larvae grow in the pond until transformation in late summer. The Blue-spotted Salamander eats earthworms, insects of various types, spiders, and snails. |
(Family Ambystomidae)
Ambystoma laterale
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