South Carolina, Southern Georgia, and Northern Florida, west to
southern Alabama. Ambystoma cingulatum occupies seasonally wet,
pine flatwoods, and pine savannas in the southern United States.
The Flatwoods salamander is typically found under logs near
small cypress ponds. Traditionally, the Flatwoods salamander was
found in sandy, seasonally wet, longleaf pine communities. But,
due to European settlement these areas have been replaced by
slash pine, or destroyed altogether (Petranka 1998). Adult A.
cingulatum are subterranean, living mainly underground in root
channels or crayfish burrows (Conant & Collins 1998). Length: 3
1/2- 5 1/16 in. The Flatwoods salamander is a small highly
variable ambystomid, with coloration ranging from specks, to
grayish lines that resemble a frosted or lichenlike reticulated
pattern. About 5% of A. cingulatum lack the frosted appearance
altogether, with 2% having light annuli on their dorsum
(Petranka 1998). Costal grooves average at about fifteen. The
head is small compared to t