Most species are terrestrial but some are highly aquatic. Lungless salamanders are found across Canada except the three prairie provinces and the two territories. Mole Salamander One of the four Families of salamanders found in Canada. World-wide there are eight Families. 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.