Description: A small (to 4 inches), stocky, generally brownish to gray, semi aquatic salamander with highly variable pattern. Usually 5 to 7 pairs of light, rounded, dark-edged and often coalescing blotches on the back, although old males are uniformly brown; belly light but with traces of dark pigment. Hind legs larger than front; light diagonal line below each eye. Tail comprising more than half of total length and round in cross-section, though flattens from side to side posteriorly to a filament-like tip. Larvae with tiny silvery gills and bright dorsal blotches.

Habitat: Its natural habitats are temperate forests, intermittent rivers, and freshwater springs.

Range: The species is endemic to Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, in the Southeastern United States.

Found in these States: AL | FL | GA

Diet: Invertivore

Reproduction: Reproduction is semi-aquatic. Adults lay eggs on land near water and brood them. Eggs hatch and larvae are aquatic.

Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its relatively wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification and presumed large population.

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