© Christopher J. Leary

    This large streamside salamander reaches a total length of about 10.8 - 22cm (4 1/4 - 8.5 in).  It has a sturdy body, a broad flat snout, and a keeled tail.  The body color is salmon to reddish-orange marked with black flecks.  The belly is a lighter reddish-salmon color with no flecks.  There is an identifiable light yellowish bar bordered below by black between the eye and nostril.  During July or August, females attach about 15 to 100 eggs to the underside of submerged rocks.   In late summer or fall, hatchlings emerge.  Larvae are large in size and their body color is light yellowish brown to lavender.  The snout is broad and elongated and the tip of the snout is slightly upturned.  Larvae transform into adults in about 2-3 years.

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