"I saw marbled salamanders coming back looking for a pond that isn't there anymore," he said.

Marbled salamanders, like other members of this genus, are reported to have relatively long life spans, 8-10 years or more.

The marbled salamander is a stocky, boldly banded salamander.

Being shy and sensitive, it shares breeding pools with larger spotted salamanders and marbled salamanders.

Other rare species that can be found there include the four-toed and marbled salamanders, the tiger spiketail dragonfly and Fowler's toad.

The project is working closely with regulators to avoid harming any endangered species native to the Holyoke Range, such as the Marbled Salamander.

Several New York State species of concern - the blue-spotted, Jefferson's and marbled salamanders - have found habitat dependent on the brook.

Of these, the rarest species include marbled salamander, box turtle, wood turtle, copperhead, timber rattlesnake, and Western rat snake.

The marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) is a species of mole salamander found in the eastern United States.

Marbled salamanders are found in the eastern United States, from southern New England to northern Florida, and west to Illinois and Texas.

The marbled salamander larvae gain a size advantage by feeding and growing for several months before the Jefferson salamanders and spotted salamanders hatch later in the spring.

In North America, the marbled salamander spends most of its life on land, yet is still able to retain the necessary moisture in its skin through the damp leaf litter.

But the marbled salamander is much more constrained, he said, requiring small pools of standing water in which to lay eggs in the fall and nearby woods in which to spend the rest of the year.

Dr. Klemens's area of expertise is amphibians and reptiles, including the marbled salamander, which was added to the list of species of special concern, and the spotted salamander, which was one of the species dropped entirely.

Both sides say they have agreed to create a much safer road and protect the bordering wetlands and the wildlife they shelter, like rare ribbon and copperhead snakes and marbled salamanders, and improve the quality of storm-water runoff.

Toads and frogs, such as the American toad, bullfrogs, and Cope's gray tree frog can be spotted in the park, as can salamanders such as the marbled salamander and the eastern red-backed salamander.

The site also contains five additional reptile and amphibian species which are identified as Species of Special Concern in New York State (i.e., marbled salamander, Eastern spadefoot, spotted turtle, Eastern box turtle, and Eastern hognose snake).

A large array of amphibian and reptilian species also live in the area, including the marbled salamander, tiger salamander, spotted salamander, box turtle, spotted turtle, gray tree frog, eastern newt, black racer snake, hognose snake and rough green snake, to name a few.

The marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) is a species of mole salamander found in the eastern United States.