They are the only salamander that has conspicuous vertical broken black bars (“herringbone”) marks on the tail. The slender body may vary in color from yellow to yellow-brown to orange to even ...

A group of students has been trying to get the state to recognize the blue-spotted salamander for years. Here's why.

The animal usually has a dark purplish, black or steel grey color with bright yellow or yellow-orange spots. Spotted ...

This salamander has sort of a mixed pattern — dark tan or brown interspersed with some fine yellow or orange spots — and Stebbins could imagine patterns on today’s ensatinas having emerged ...

And it was the only time, experts say, that North America’s largest salamander has ever been reported in the wild in Orange […] Skip to content.

It appears as if Orange County’s Pacific slender salamanders fit this category, though scientists are just beginning to sort out the reasons for a genetic variety far richer than suggested by ...