© R. Wayne Van Devender

    The eastern mud salamander is similar in appearance to the red salamander (Pseudotrition ruber), but it has brown eyes instead of yellow eyes, the back and belly colors are more sharply separated, and the black spots are more rounded and further apart.  Total length ranges from 7.3 - 19.5 cm (2.9 - 7.7 in).  They are found beneath logs and stones or in burrows in muddy areas of seeps, springs, and streams.   Breeding occurs in late fall to early winter.  Females lay between    66 - 192 eggs that hatch in late winter.  Larvae have a brown to reddish brown dorsum with few large dark spots and an upturned snout.  Larvae transform into juveniles in approximately 1.5 - 2.5 years.  Males become reproductively mature in 2 - 3 years and females in 4 -5 years.

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