Plethodontidae

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Italian Cave Salamander

Italian Cave Salamander

Speleomantes italicus (Dunn, 1923)

Speleomantes italicus, the Italian cave salamander, is a small, dark, mottled salamander native to Italian mountains with an introduced population in Germany.

Strinati's Cave Salamander

Strinati's Cave Salamander

Speleomantes strinatii (Aellen, 1958)

Speleomantes strinatii is a sexually dimorphic terrestrial plethodontid salamander found in southeastern France and northwestern Italy.

Mount Lyell Salamander

Mount Lyell Salamander

Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916)

Hydromantes platycephalus, the Mount Lyell salamander, is a lungless salamander restricted to high elevations in California, USA.

Samwel Shasta Salamander

Samwel Shasta Salamander

Hydromantes samweli Bingham, Papenfuss, Lindstrand & Wake, 2018

Hydromantes samweli, the Samwel Shasta salamander, is a plethodontid salamander endemic to Shasta County, California.

Korean Crevice Salamander

Korean Crevice Salamander

Karsenia koreana Min, Yang, Bonett, Vieites, Brandon & Wake, 2005

Karsenia koreana is a lungless salamander with little studied natural history found in Korean young temperate forests.

Rufescent Salamander

Rufescent Salamander

Bolitoglossa rufescens (Cope, 1869)

Bolitoglossa rufescens (the northern banana salamander) is a small lungless arboreal salamander found in Central American forests and plantations.

Amazon Climbing Salamander

Amazon Climbing Salamander

Bolitoglossa altamazonica (Cope, 1874)

Bolitoglossa altamazonica is a salamander found in lowland rainforest, locally common but threatened by agricultural and tree-planting driven habitat loss.

Cukra Mushroomtongue Salamander

Cukra Mushroomtongue Salamander

Bolitoglossa striatula (Noble, 1918)

Bolitoglossa striatula, the Cukra climbing salamander, is a plethodontid salamander from Central America threatened by habitat loss.

Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander

Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander

Bolitoglossa mexicana Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Bolitoglossa mexicana, the Mexican climbing salamander, is a lungless Plethodontidae salamander threatened by habitat loss across Central America and Mexico.

Savage's Mushroomtongue Salamander

Savage's Mushroomtongue Salamander

Bolitoglossa savagei Brame & Wake, 1963

Bolitoglossa savagei is a salamander that lives primarily in arboreal bromeliads in montane forests, threatened by habitat loss from deforestation.

Broadfoot Mushroomtongue Salamander

Broadfoot Mushroomtongue Salamander

Bolitoglossa platydactyla (Gray, 1831)

Bolitoglossa platydactyla is an endemic Mexican plethodontid salamander threatened by habitat loss.

Peruvian Climbing Salamander

Peruvian Climbing Salamander

Bolitoglossa peruviana (Boulenger, 1883)

Bolitoglossa peruviana is a plethodontid salamander found in Ecuador and Peru in several habitat types.

Yucatán Salamander

Yucatán Salamander

Bolitoglossa yucatana (Peters, 1882)

Bolitoglossa yucatana, the Yucatán mushroomtongue salamander, is a plethodontid salamander native to the Yucatán Peninsula region.

Coban Climbing Salamander

Coban Climbing Salamander

Bolitoglossa helmrichi (Schmidt, 1936)

Bolitoglossa helmrichi, the Coban climbing salamander, is a Guatemalan endemic plethodontid salamander threatened by habitat loss.

Wood Colored Salamander

Wood Colored Salamander

Bolitoglossa lignicolor (Peters, 1873)

Bolitoglossa lignicolor is a plethodontid salamander from Costa Rica and Panama, threatened by habitat loss.

Red-legged Webfoot Salamander

Red-legged Webfoot Salamander

Bolitoglossa pesrubra (Taylor, 1952)

Bolitoglossa pesrubra is a plethodontid salamander endemic to Costa Rica’s Cordillera de Talamanca, threatened by habitat loss.

Southern Two-lined Salamander

Southern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea cirrigera (Green, 1831)

Eurycea cirrigera, the southern two-lined salamander, is a plethodontid salamander endemic to the southeastern United States.

Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander

Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander

Eurycea chamberlaini Harrison & Guttman, 2003

Eurycea chamberlaini, or Chamberlain's dwarf salamander, is a tiny endemic salamander of the US Carolinas, found in forested freshwater wetland habitats.

Many-ribbed Salamander

Many-ribbed Salamander

Eurycea multiplicata (Cope, 1869)

Eurycea multiplicata, the many-ribbed salamander, is a US-endemic plethodontid salamander found in select central US states.

Oklahoma Salamander

Oklahoma Salamander

Eurycea tynerensis Moore & Hughes, 1939

Eurycea tynerensis, the Oklahoma salamander, is a US-endemic plethodontid salamander threatened by habitat loss.

Long-tailed Salamander

Long-tailed Salamander

Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818)

Eurycea longicauda is a salamander with varied body color, a large total population, and no major overall threats.

Three-lined Salamander

Three-lined Salamander

Eurycea guttolineata (Holbrook, 1838)

Eurycea guttolineata is a semi-aquatic plethodontid salamander native to the southeastern United States.

Valdina Farms Salamander

Valdina Farms Salamander

Eurycea troglodytes Baker, 1957

Eurycea troglodytes, the Valdina Farms salamander, is a small translucent aquatic cave salamander with reduced eyes and external gills.

Northern Two-lined Salamander

Northern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)

The northern two-lined salamander (Eurycea bislineata) is a small plethodontid salamander native to northeastern North America.

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