These salamanders have stout bodies and limbs compared with other families. Adults spend most of the year underground, leaving their burrows only during the breeding season. Mole salamanders are found in every province. The mudpuppies are a small Family of totally aquatic salamanders. There are a total of eight Families of salamanders, only four of which are found in Canada.
Adults never transform but retain the form of the larvae.
In Canada there is only one species, the Mudpuppy , which is found in eastern Canada. Newt One of eight Families of salamanders, only four of which are found in Canada. Unlike most salamanders the skin of newts is not smooth but rough. Most newts go through three life stages rather than just two like most amphibians. The larval newt transforms into a terrestrial stage called an eft.