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Sacramento Mountain Salamander
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

Ambrosi's Cave Salamander

Speleomantes ambrosii (Lanza, 1955)

Speleomantes ambrosii, or Ambrosi's cave salamander, is an endemic Italian salamander with variable dark coloration.

Italian Cave Salamander
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

Broadfoot Mushroomtongue Salamander

Bolitoglossa platydactyla (Gray, 1831)

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

Peruvian Climbing Salamander
Plethodontidae

Peruvian Climbing Salamander

Bolitoglossa peruviana (Boulenger, 1883)

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

Yucatán Salamander
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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
Plethodontidae

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.

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