Description: Stereochilus marginatus are small salamanders, generally ranging from 2.5 to 4.5 inches in overall length, with a thin, sharp head and a tail shorter than average salamanders in the plethodontids. The basic color pattern is brown or dull yellow with narrow, alternating light and dark longitudinal lines along the lower sides of the body that break up on the tail into a netlike pattern.

Habitat: The species is "unusually aquatic for a plethodontid," inhabiting "forested swamps fringing slow-moving blackwater streams, shallow ditches choked with aquatic vegetation, and mucky seepage areas." Stereochilus marginatus is also likely to be found under natural cover, such as Sphagnum moss or the decaying remains of leaves and other natural materials left behind in riverbeds; they can also sometimes be found underneath the remains of trees in drier environments.

Range: This species of salamander is commonly found in the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain of Georgia. It occurs on the Atlantic coastal plain from northeastern Florida to southeastern Virginia.

Found in these States: FL | GA | NC | SC | VA

Diet: Both adults and larvae's diets tend to consist of small invertebrates, including arthropods and worms.

Reproduction: Stereochilus marginatus are one of about 35 species of Plethodontidae that lay aquatic eggs that hatch as swimming larvae. The larvae period lasts around 1 to 2 years. It generally takes 3 to 4 years to mature for breeding, and males reach sexual maturity earlier than females. Unfortunately, not much is known about their expected life-span.

Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution and presumed large population.

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