A group of students has been trying to get the state to recognize the blue-spotted salamander for years. Here's why.

There are tiger salamanders, Jefferson salamanders, four-toed salamanders — and, of course, the spotted salamanders. Advertisement Like most life on Earth, amphibians are in trouble.

South Carolina has just one officially designated state critter that is indigenous. Oh, and it’s poisonous. Here’s what to know about it.

The original plan called for building much of the complex where college track and field facilities are now, and moving those to an area on Creekside East that is known as critical salamander habitat.

“The spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) was designated the official state amphibian of South Carolina in 1999 after a year-long campaign by the third grade class at Woodlands Heights ...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency said each female spotted salamander lays around 100-300 eggs per year in several separate masses. The amphibian can grow to be nearly 8 inches long.