MDC’s Online Field Guide:
Spotted salamanders are considered abundant in Missouri but are rarely seen. Found in forested areas in the southern two-thirds of the state, they spend most of their lives hidden under logs, rocks, leaves, or inside the burrows of small mammals. On warm, rainy nights in late winter and early spring, these salamanders travel to breed in shallow, woodland ponds, where they may gather by the hundreds. Learn more about this species in MDC’s online Field Guide.
Learn more in MDC’s online Field Guide.
Photo by MDC staff, courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation
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