When Do Spotted Salamanders Develop Spots After Morphing?

[tim dune]

So I have a salamander that morphed like a week ago which I was told and believed that it was a spotted salamander. It is 2.5 inches long currently and looks like an generic ambystoma that is dark gray with no spots. I have seen newly morphed spotted salamanders that have no spots and some that have spots right after morphing. You can find some pictures of it when it was a larva and when it has newly morphed on my profile.

 

[Noodlethenewt]

I have two that morphed about two months ago, one of them had big yellow spots before he morphed and the other is just now starting to get tiny yellow/white flecking. It seems like it just depends on the individual

 

[tim dune]

I have two that morphed about two months ago, one of them had big yellow spots before he morphed and the other is just now starting to get tiny yellow/white flecking. It seems like it just depends on the individual

Cool! Do you have any pictures of them?

 

[Noodlethenewt]

They’re around 2 inches each

 

[tim dune]

They’re around 2 inches each

really cool!

 

[tim dune]

They’re around 2 inches each

here is a bad image of mine lol