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.

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 ...

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

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 ...