


Habitat: southwestern Canada to western United States and even in northern Mexico
These salamanders are nocturnal and prefer to hang out in burrows (and have subsequently earned the nickname of a “mole salamander”) in an effort to keep their wonderfully colorful skin moist. They can live to be up to 20 years old!
Kansas seems to be quite proud of their Barred Tiger Salamanders, as they have made them their State Amphibian….which I had no idea even existed….