Jefferson Salamanders - Ambystoma jeffersonianum

The Jefferson salamander is a brown to blue-black animal with light blue flecking on it's lower sides, legs and tail. They are secretive, living underground in the forest up to one-half mile from their breeding pool. They might be found when looking under logs, but finding a Jefferson salamander is a rare event except for breeding nights in early spring. Migration to the breeding pools is the earliest for any of the mole salamanders, sometimes taking place on rainy nights with the ground only partially thawed and ice still on the pools.