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