Plethodontidae
Apalachicola Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus apalachicolae Means & Karlin, 1989
Desmognathus apalachicolae, the Apalachicola dusky salamander, is a plethodontid salamander endemic to the southeastern US threatened by habitat loss.
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859
Desmognathus ochrophaeus is a medium-sized lungless salamander found in eastern North America, living in moist, mostly terrestrial habitats.
Spotted Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus conanti Rossman, 1958
Desmognathus conanti, the spotted dusky salamander, is a medium semiaquatic salamander found in southeastern and south-central US.
Santeetlah Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus santeetlah Tilley, 1981
Desmognathus santeetlah, the Santeetlah dusky salamander, is a US-endemic plethodontid salamander threatened by habitat loss.
Northern Shovel-nosed Salamander
Desmognathus marmoratus (Moore, 1899)
Desmognathus marmoratus, the shovelnose salamander, is a robust Appalachian salamander named for its squared snout.
Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus orestes Tilley & Mahoney, 1996
Desmognathus orestes is a salamander endemic to the southern Appalachian Mountains, threatened by habitat loss.
Ocoee Salamander
Desmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949
Desmognathus ocoee, the ocoee salamander, is a small semi-aquatic salamander native to the southeastern United States' Appalachian region.
Ouachita Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895
Desmognathus brimleyorum, the Ouachita dusky salamander, is a salamander native to mountainous regions of Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Pygmy Salamander
Desmognathus wrighti King, 1936
Desmognathus wrighti (pygmy salamander) is a tiny, mostly terrestrial salamander found south of the French Broad River in the Southern Appalachians.
Seal Salamander
Desmognathus monticola Dunn, 1916
Desmognathus monticola, the seal salamander, is a lungless salamander endemic to the Eastern United States.
Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus carolinensis Dunn, 1916
Desmognathus carolinensis, the Carolina mountain dusky salamander, is a plethodontid salamander endemic to North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains.
Seepage Salamander
Desmognathus aeneus Brown & Bishop, 1947
Desmognathus aeneus, the seepage salamander, is a small lungless terrestrial plethodontid salamander native to the southeastern US.
Northern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)
Desmognathus fuscus, the northern dusky salamander, is a lungless North American salamander with a biphasic life cycle.
Northern Pygmy Salamander
Desmognathus organi Crespi, Browne & Rissler, 2010
Desmognathus organi is a small salamander species found in high-elevation Blue Ridge Mountain forests north and east of the French Broad River.
Flat-headed Salamander
Desmognathus planiceps Newman, 1955
Desmognathus planiceps is a salamander identifiable by specific physical traits, found across parts of Virginia and potentially adjacent North Carolina.
Wandering Salamander
Aneides vagrans Wake & Jackman, 1999
Aneides vagrans, the wandering salamander, is an arboreal salamander with a disjunct Pacific North American range.
Arboreal Salamander
Aneides lugubris (Hallowell, 1849)
Aneides lugubris, the arboreal salamander, is a large lungless climbing salamander native to the California region of western North America.
Green Salamander
Aneides aeneus (Cope & Packard, 1881)
Aneides aeneus, the green salamander, is a small flat North American salamander with unique green markings.
Clouded Salamander
Aneides ferreus Cope, 1869
Aneides ferreus, the clouded salamander, is a small North American salamander found in the Cascadian bioregion's forest habitats.
Sacramento Mountain Salamander
Aneides hardii (Taylor, 1941)
Aneides hardii, the Sacramento Mountain salamander, is a plethodontid salamander endemic to high elevations in New Mexico, US.
Santa Cruz Black Salamander
Aneides niger Myers & Maslin, 1948
Aneides niger is a uniformly black salamander from the Aneides flavipunctatus complex, restricted to California's San Francisco Peninsula.
Speckled Black Salamander
Aneides flavipunctatus (Strauch, 1870)
Aneides flavipunctatus, the speckled black salamander, is a California-dwelling salamander with variable black-based coloration.
Klamath Black Salamander
Aneides klamathensis Reilly & Wake, 2019
Aneides klamathensis is a black-bodied salamander with greenish-gray frosting found in the Klamath Mountains of California and Oregon.
Ambrosi's Cave Salamander
Speleomantes ambrosii (Lanza, 1955)
Speleomantes ambrosii, or Ambrosi's cave salamander, is an endemic Italian salamander with variable dark coloration.
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