Key Identification Features
- A distinctive parental care behavior of marbled salamanders is that guarding mothers wrap their bodies around their eggs to form a bowl shape that collects water over the clutch.
- They are identified by variable colored markings that cover the back of their head, body, and tail.
- Their physical features include short snouts, thick necks, strong legs, and long tails, and they use specialized foot pads for burrowing.
- After balancers are lost, larvae are distinguished by the sharply pointed flaring of the gills.
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