Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Ambystomatidae > Ambystoma > Ambystoma opacumAmbystoma opacum (Marbled Salamander)Synonyms: Ambistoma fasciatum; Amblystoma opacum; Ambystoma faciatum; Ambystoma opaca; Salamandra armigera; Salamandra fasciata; Salamandra gravenhorstii; Salamandra opaca; Salamandroides gravenhorstii The marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) is a species of mole salamander found in the eastern United States. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 42.62 EDGE Score: 3.78 |
Adult Length [2] | 5.0 inches (12.7 cm) | Hibernates [1] | Yes | Litter Size [3] | 100 | Litters / Year [2] | 1 | Maximum Longevity [3] | 11 years | Nocturnal [1] | Yes | Water Biome [1] | Temporary Pools | | Diet [1] | Carnivore | | Female Maturity [3] | 3 years 6 months | Male Maturity [3] | 3 years |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Antietam National Battlefield |
III |
3263 |
Maryland, United States |
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Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
616880 |
Texas, United States |
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
19192 |
Maryland, United States |
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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
16363 |
Delaware, United States |
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Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
8964 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
II |
5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area |
V |
7622 |
Georgia, United States |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
19586 |
Maryland, District of Columbia, United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Congaree Swamp National Park |
II |
6095 |
South Carolina, United States |
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George Washington Birthplace National Monument |
V |
435 |
Virginia, United States |
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George Washington Memorial Parkway |
V |
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Virginia, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve |
V |
166264 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Little River National Wildlife Refuge |
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Oklahoma, United States |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Morristown National Historical Park |
VI |
1677 |
New Jersey, United States |
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New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve |
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New Jersey, United States |
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Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park |
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20001 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
38256 |
Florida, United States |
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Prince William Forest Park |
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19378 |
District of Columbia, United States |
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Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site |
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New York, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Tennessee River Gorge |
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Tennessee, United States |
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
26618 |
Alabama, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data. ♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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