Jefferson salamander

How long is the Jefferson salamander?

• 3-4 inches

• 1 foot

• 4-7 inches

• 5-8 inches

Is the Jefferson salamander one of the longest salamanders?

• Only the mudpuppy and the hellbender grow longer than them

• They are the largest salamander

• They are pretty small compared to the largest salamanders

• They are the smallest salamander

what is the range of the Jefferson salamander?

• New York, western new England southward Virginia, Kentucky and southern Indiana

• Southern Pennsylvania and down.

• Anywhere damp

• Ponds and lakes

What color is the Jefferson Salamander?

Answer explanation

The Jefferson Salamander is brownish gray with the belly one shade lighter. They have bluish speckles on their head, limbs, and sides, but these go away with age.

How many costal groves do they have?

• 13-14 costal grooves

• 15 costal grooves

• 12 costal grooves

• They don't have any costal grooves

What does the Jefferson Salamander prefer for their habitat?

• ponds

• slow moving streams

• bread on land but then go to shallow waters

• Prefer damp forestland near pond or swamps but breed in the water

Is the Jefferson Salamander in danger of extinction?

• The Jefferson Salamander has been listed as endangered

• No their is still plenty of them

• They are just hard to see

• they are special animals

Where did the Jefferson Salamander get its name?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Jefferson Collage

• Someone named Jefferson found them

• It was found in Jefferson County

What does the Jefferson Salamander eat?

• bugs

• Jefferson salamanders feed on insects, slugs, worms, and other small aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates.

• big animals such as deer, possums, beavers

• Small plants

What do they do for the environment?

• store water for when the water gets low

• They don't do anything

• control pests by eating insects like mosquitos and by becoming food for larger animals

• They are bad they use all our water and make our plants go bad.