Description: 2-3.5 in. (5-9 cm). Coloration of body is gray with a white belly marked with black spots.  There are four toes on the hind feet. The tail breaks off easily.
Habitat: Commonly found in mossy areas and boggy woodland ponds in the piedmont and mountains of North Carolina.
Habits: This salamander is terrestrial when adult and aquatic in the larval stage. Spawning occurs in early March, with hatching in May.
Young: Females lay about 30-50 eggs under moss and watch them until hatching.  After hatching, larvae are aquatic for about 6 weeks before they metamorphosis into terrestrial salamanders.