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Cave Salamander

Cave Salamander

Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822

Eurycea lucifuga, the cave salamander, is a large lungless salamander found in limestone-rich areas of the central and eastern United States.

Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander

Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea wilderae Dunn, 1920

Eurycea wilderae, the Blue Ridge two-lined salamander, is a lungless salamander native to the southern Appalachian Mountains.

Brownback Salamander

Brownback Salamander

Eurycea aquatica Rose & Bush, 1963

Eurycea aquatica, the brownback salamander, is a small sexually dimorphic salamander found in springs across parts of the southeastern U.S.

Hillis's Dwarf Salamander

Hillis's Dwarf Salamander

Eurycea hillisi Wray, Means & Steppan, 2017

Eurycea hillisi, or Hillis' dwarf salamander, is a distinct small salamander species found across parts of the US Southeast.

Western Dwarf Salamander

Western Dwarf Salamander

Eurycea paludicola (Mittleman, 1947)

The western dwarf salamander (Eurycea paludicola) is a native salamander species found in the southern United States.

coastal plain dwarf salamander

coastal plain dwarf salamander

Eurycea quadridigitata (Holbrook, 1842)

Eurycea quadridigitata, the southeastern dwarf salamander, is a small slender salamander with four toes per foot and variable coloration.

Leprous False Brook Salamander

Leprous False Brook Salamander

Pseudoeurycea leprosa (Cope, 1869)

Pseudoeurycea leprosa is a plethodontid salamander endemic to Mexico, threatened by habitat loss and showing genetic divergence between populations.

Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander

Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps gavilanensis Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001

Batrachoseps gavilanensis, the Gabilan Mountains slender salamander, is an endemic plethodontid salamander of coastal California, U.S.

Channel Islands Slender Salamander

Channel Islands Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865)

Batrachoseps pacificus, the Channel Islands slender salamander, is an endemic amphibian of California's northern Channel Islands.

California Slender Salamander

California Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps attenuatus (Eschscholtz, 1833)

Batrachoseps attenuatus, the California slender salamander, is a small plethodontid salamander native to western North America.

Gregarious Slender Salamander

Gregarious Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps gregarius Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998

Batrachoseps gregarius, the gregarious slender salamander, is a small endemic Californian salamander with seasonal communal egg-laying.

Southern California Slender Salamander

Southern California Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps major Camp, 1915

Batrachoseps major is a relatively large pale-bellied slender salamander endemic to southern California and northwestern Baja California.

Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander

Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps luciae Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001

Batrachoseps luciae, the Santa Lucia Mountains slender salamander, is a plethodontid salamander endemic to Monterey County, California.

Black-bellied Slender Salamander

Black-bellied Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps nigriventris Cope, 1869

Batrachoseps nigriventris, the black-bellied slender salamander, is a small fragile salamander found in California habitats.

San Gabriel Slender Salamander

San Gabriel Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps gabrieli Wake, 1996

Batrachoseps gabrieli, the San Gabriel slender salamander, is a small black-blotched salamander found only in San Gabriel Mountains, California.

Oregon Slender Salamander

Oregon Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps wrighti (Bishop, 1937)

Batrachoseps wrighti, the Oregon slender salamander, is a small salamander endemic to north-central Oregon forests.

Red Salamander

Red Salamander

Pseudotriton ruber (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801)

Pseudotriton ruber, the red salamander, is a medium-large salamander species found across the eastern United States.

Mud Salamander

Mud Salamander

Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1850

Pseudotriton montanus, the mud salamander, is a stout North American salamander with distinct appearance, habitat preferences, and reproductive traits.

Spring Salamander

Spring Salamander

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (Green, 1827)

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, the spring salamander, has four recognized subspecies across eastern North America.

Tennessee Cave Salamander

Tennessee Cave Salamander

Gyrinophilus palleucus McCrady, 1954

The Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) is a paedomorphic, threatened U.S. Appalachian cave-dwelling plethodontid salamander.

Cope’s Flat-footed Salamander

Cope’s Flat-footed Salamander

Chiropterotriton orculus (Cope, 1865)

Chiropterotriton orculus is an endemic Mexican plethodontid salamander threatened by anthropogenic habitat loss.

Four-toed Salamander

Four-toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838)

Hemidactylium scutatum, the four-toed salamander, is a small amphibian with distinct identification features, specific habitat needs, and a unique life cycle.

Chunky False Brook Salamander

Chunky False Brook Salamander

Aquiloeurycea cephalica (Cope, 1865)

Aquiloeurycea cephalica is a plethodontid salamander endemic to central Mexico, threatened by habitat loss.

Giant False Brook Salamander

Giant False Brook Salamander

Isthmura gigantea (Taylor, 1939)

The giant false brook salamander (Isthmura gigantea) is a plethodontid salamander endemic to eastern Mexico, threatened by habitat loss.

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