Salamanders

Northern Two-lined Salamander

• A small, 6-9 cm salamander.
• This salamander is lungless like the four-towed and red-back salamanders.
• The two-lined salamander has a broad yellowish-brown band down the back, and there may be numerous small, black spots within this stripe. Each side of the stripe is bordered with a black line. The sides of the body are dark grey and the belly is yellow.
• The two-lined salamander is found beneath logs or, more often, under rocks along the edge of streams.
• The two-lined salamander can swim well and may be found in cool streams until April.
• Once fertilized, the female deposits 20-50 eggs singly under rocks and logs beside running water. It may take several years before the larvae transform and move to the rocky areas at the edge of streams.
• Very little is known about the diet of these salamanders.