Long-toed salamander ("Ambystoma macrodactylum") Appropriately named, adult long-toed salamanders have extremely long toes on their hind feet. The long-toed salamander has black or brown skin that is smooth and moist with a yellow- to green-colored ragged edged stripe running from its head to the tip of its tail. It is speckled with white or silver dots along its sides and underside. Adults may grow up to more than cm in total length. Adult long-toed salamanders are seen infrequently, as they spend most of the year in the ground. They find cover in a variety of habitats including grasslands, dry shrub-steppe, pastures, lowland forests, high elevation lakes and ponds.