They are medium size salamanders. Head dorso-ventrally flattened and broad; in adults, broader than body. Nasolabial grooves present, and 14 or 15 costal grooves prominent. Toes end in distinctly squared toe pads. Webbing between digits varies from light to moderate. Tail rounded and the same size or slightly longer than rest of body. Dorsum dark with metallic greenish or yellow green mottling, resembling the color of lichens on tree bark or wet rock.
Ten Facts about Green Salamander
- Green salamanders are about 5 inches in length.
- Mating generally occurs in late May and early June.
- Females tend the eggs until they hatch in late September or early October.
- Distribution majority includes parts of the Allegheny Plateau and the Blue Ridge Province.
- Habitat includes Crevices in cliff faces, rock outcrops, and caves in shaded, mesic hardwood forests.
- Clutch size varies from 10 to 27 eggs per clutch.
- Green salamanders can live up to 10 years in the wild.
- Also know as Aneides aeneus.
- Diet consist larvae's, spiders, butterflies, insects, fishes, eggs of others.
- They are favorite diet of frogs.
