Amphibian Larvae

Green Frog

Rana clamitans

Larvae:

Blue-spotted Salamander

Ambystoma laterale

Larvae: Older larvae are brown, greenish-brown, or gray dorsally with dark mottling on the tail fin, sometimes with pale yellow blotches or stripes on the back. The belly is usually pale and unmarked.

Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

Larvae: When the larvae reach greater than 4 cm in length, they are greenish gray to brown with small yellowish spots along the side and have a grayish, yellow-mottled tail fin. When newly transformed Spotted Salamanders are dark gray or brown above with greenish yellow flecks along the back and dull yellow or tan on the belly. The characteristic yellow spots develop by the time the young are 6 cm. long.