Four-toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

The Four-toed Salamander is distinctive for having four toes on all four feet — most salamanders have five on the hind feet. It lays eggs in sphagnum moss overhanging woodland pools. Its tail breaks off at a constriction near the base.

Habitat

Boggy sphagnum swamps and moist forests near woodland pools

Diet

Small invertebrates and insects

How common

Uncommon

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