Spotted Salamander
(Ambystoma maculatum)

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$Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)\nTaken in Orange Co, NC on Febuary 22, 2003$ $Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)\nTaken in Orange Co, NC on Febuary 22, 2003$ $Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)\nTaken in Orange Co., NC on March 17, 2004.$

$Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) egg mass underwater.\nTaken in Orange Co., NC on March 17, 2004.$ $Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) Close-uo\nTaken in Orange Co., NC on March 18, 2004.$

This is a large salamander, they are about 9 inches long. These salamanders come out during the spring after heavy rains and breed in puddles and pools of water usually inside wooded areas.