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Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander

Plethodon chattahoochee Highton, 1989

Plethodon chattahoochee, the Chattahoochee slimy salamander, is a plethodontid s…

Ensatina
Animalia Plethodontidae

Ensatina

Ensatina eschscholtzii Gray, 1850

This text describes the two recognized subspecies of Ensatina eschscholtzii, cov…

Cumberland Dusky Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Cumberland Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus abditus Anderson & Tilley, 2003

Desmognathus abditus, the Cumberland dusky salamander, is an endemic US lungless…

Black Mountain Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Black Mountain Salamander

Desmognathus welteri Barbour, 1950

Desmognathus welteri, the black mountain salamander, is an endemic Appalachian d…

Imitator Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Imitator Salamander

Desmognathus imitator Dunn, 1927

Desmognathus imitator, the imitator salamander, is a dark salamander found at hi…

Apalachicola Dusky Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Apalachicola Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus apalachicolae Means & Karlin, 1989

Desmognathus apalachicolae, the Apalachicola dusky salamander, is a plethodontid…

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859

Desmognathus ochrophaeus is a medium-sized lungless salamander found in eastern …

Spotted Dusky Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Spotted Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus conanti Rossman, 1958

Desmognathus conanti, the spotted dusky salamander, is a medium semiaquatic sala…

Santeetlah Dusky Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Santeetlah Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus santeetlah Tilley, 1981

Desmognathus santeetlah, the Santeetlah dusky salamander, is a US-endemic pletho…

Northern Shovel-nosed Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Northern Shovel-nosed Salamander

Desmognathus marmoratus (Moore, 1899)

Desmognathus marmoratus, the shovelnose salamander, is a robust Appalachian sala…

Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus orestes Tilley & Mahoney, 1996

Desmognathus orestes is a salamander endemic to the southern Appalachian Mountai…

Ocoee Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Ocoee Salamander

Desmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949

Desmognathus ocoee, the ocoee salamander, is a small semi-aquatic salamander nat…

Ouachita Dusky Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Ouachita Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895

Desmognathus brimleyorum, the Ouachita dusky salamander, is a salamander native …

Pygmy Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Pygmy Salamander

Desmognathus wrighti King, 1936

Desmognathus wrighti (pygmy salamander) is a tiny, mostly terrestrial salamander…

Seal Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Seal Salamander

Desmognathus monticola Dunn, 1916

Desmognathus monticola, the seal salamander, is a lungless salamander endemic to…

Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus carolinensis Dunn, 1916

Desmognathus carolinensis, the Carolina mountain dusky salamander, is a plethodo…

Seepage Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Seepage Salamander

Desmognathus aeneus Brown & Bishop, 1947

Desmognathus aeneus, the seepage salamander, is a small lungless terrestrial ple…

Northern Dusky Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Northern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)

Desmognathus fuscus, the northern dusky salamander, is a lungless North American…

Northern Pygmy Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Northern Pygmy Salamander

Desmognathus organi Crespi, Browne & Rissler, 2010

Desmognathus organi is a small salamander species found in high-elevation Blue R…

Flat-headed Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Flat-headed Salamander

Desmognathus planiceps Newman, 1955

Desmognathus planiceps is a salamander identifiable by specific physical traits,…

Wandering Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Wandering Salamander

Aneides vagrans Wake & Jackman, 1999

Aneides vagrans, the wandering salamander, is an arboreal salamander with a disj…

Arboreal Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Arboreal Salamander

Aneides lugubris (Hallowell, 1849)

Aneides lugubris, the arboreal salamander, is a large lungless climbing salamand…

Green Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Green Salamander

Aneides aeneus (Cope & Packard, 1881)

Aneides aeneus, the green salamander, is a small flat North American salamander …

Clouded Salamander
Animalia Plethodontidae

Clouded Salamander

Aneides ferreus Cope, 1869

Aneides ferreus, the clouded salamander, is a small North American salamander fo…