Woodland salamander
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Woodland salamanders are lungless salamander
s of the genus Plethodon. They are so named due to their habitat, woodlands, and the fact that they have no aquatic larval stage. Eggs are laid underneath a stone or log and young hatch in the adult form.
Lungless salamander
The Plethodontidae, or Lungless salamanders, are a family of salamanders. Most species are native to the western hemisphere, from British Columbia to Brazil, although a few species are found in Sardinia, Europe south of the Alps, and South Korea...
s of the genus Plethodon. They are so named due to their habitat, woodlands, and the fact that they have no aquatic larval stage. Eggs are laid underneath a stone or log and young hatch in the adult form.
Species
Listed in alphabetical order of specific name.- Catahoula Salamander (P. ainsworthi), believed to be extinct
- White Throated Slimy Salamander (P. albagula)
- Blue Ridge Gray-cheeked SalamanderBlue Ridge Gray-cheeked SalamanderThe Blue Ridge Gray-cheeked Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(P. amplus) - Ozark Zigzag SalamanderOzark Zigzag SalamanderThe Ozark Zigzag Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, freshwater springs, rocky areas, and caves....
(P. angusticlavius) - Scott Bar Salamander (P. asupak)
- Tellico SalamanderTellico SalamanderThe Tellico salamander is a small woodland salamander resembling P. glutinosus and found in mountainous and lowland regions of southeastern Tennessee and extreme southwestern North Carolina. Little has been published on the species.- Appearance :Grayish black or black dorsum with brassy spotting...
(P. aureolus) - Caddo Mountain SalamanderCaddo Mountain SalamanderThe Caddo Mountain Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the eastern United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rocky areas, and caves....
(Plethodon caddoensis) - Chattahoochee Salamander (P. chattahoochee)
- Cheoah Bald SalamanderCheoah Bald SalamanderThe Cheoah Bald Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(P. cheoah) - Atlantic Coast Slimy Salamander (P. chlorobryonis)
- Northern Red Back SalamanderRed Back SalamanderThe red back salamander is a small, hardy woodland salamander. It inhabits wooded slopes in Eastern North America; west to Missouri; south to North Carolina; and north from southern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada to Minnesota...
(P. cinereus) - White-spotted Slimy SalamanderWhite-spotted Slimy SalamanderThe White-spotted Slimy Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(P. cylindraceus ) - Northern Zigzag SalamanderNorthern Zigzag SalamanderThe Northern Zigzag Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rocky areas, and caves.It is threatened by habitat loss....
(P. dorsalis) - Dunn's SalamanderDunn's SalamanderThe Dunn's Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States....
(P. dunni) - Northern Ravine SalamanderNorthern Ravine SalamanderThe Northern Ravine Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rocky areas.It is threatened by habitat loss....
(P. electromorphus) - Del Norte SalamanderDel Norte SalamanderThe Del Norte Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States. Adults are 2 3/8 - 3 inches long from snout to vent, and 4 1/3 - 6 inches in total length. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rocky areas.It is threatened by habitat...
(P. elongatus) - Fourche Mountain SalamanderFourche Mountain SalamanderThe Fourche Mountain Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(P. fourchensis) - Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosusPlethodon glutinosusThe Northern Slimy Salamander is a species of terrestrial plethodontid salamander found through much of the eastern two thirds of the United States, from New York, west to Illinois, south to Texas, and east to Florida, with an isolated population in southern New Hampshire...
) - Southeastern Slimy Salamander (P. grobmani)
- Valley And Ridge SalamanderValley And Ridge SalamanderThe Valley And Ridge Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(P. hoffmani) - Peaks of Otter SalamanderPeaks Of Otter SalamanderThe Peaks of Otter salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic not only to the United States, but to the Peaks of Otter in Virginia...
(P. hubrichti), formerly a subspecies of NettingM. Graham NettingMaurice Graham Netting — known as M. Graham Netting — was a herpetologist, an early participant in the conservation and environmental movement, and a director of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh.-Biography:...
's Salamander (P. nettingi) - Coeur d’Alene Salamander (P. idahoensis)
- Jordan's Salamander (P. jordani)
- Cumberland Plateau SalamanderCumberland Plateau SalamanderThe Cumberland Plateau Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(P. kentucki) - Kiamichi Slimy SalamanderKiamichi Slimy SalamanderThe Kiamichi Slimy Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(P. kiamichi) - Louisiana Slimy SalamanderLouisiana Slimy SalamanderThe Louisiana Slimy Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family, endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests, and as such it is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(P. kisatchie) - Larch Mountain SalamanderLarch Mountain SalamanderThe Larch Mountain Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States. The Larch Mountain salamander occurs in the Cascade Mountains of southern Washington and northern Oregon. In Washington, it occurs from the Columbia River Gorge to just north...
(P. larselli) - South Mountain Gray-cheeked SalamanderSouth Mountain Gray-cheeked SalamanderThe South Mountain Gray-cheeked Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(P. meridianus) - Southern Gray-cheeked SalamanderSouthern Gray-cheeked SalamanderThe Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(P. metcalfi) - Mississippi Slimy Salamander (P. mississippi)
- Northern Gray-cheeked SalamanderNorthern Gray-cheeked SalamanderThe Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(P. montanus) - Jemez Mountains SalamanderJemez Mountains SalamanderThe Jemez Mountains Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to New Mexico in the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(P. neomexicanus) - Cheat Mountain salamanderCheat Mountain salamanderThe Cheat Mountain salamander is a small, threatened woodland salamander found only on Cheat Mountain, and a few nearby mountains, in the eastern highlands of West Virginia...
(P. nettingi), formerly a subspecies of NettingM. Graham NettingMaurice Graham Netting — known as M. Graham Netting — was a herpetologist, an early participant in the conservation and environmental movement, and a director of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh.-Biography:...
's Salamander (P. nettingi) - Ocmulgee Slimy Salamander (P. ocmulgee)
- Rich Mountain SalamanderRich Mountain SalamanderThe Rich Mountain Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(P. ouachitae) - Pigeon Mountain SalamanderPigeon Mountain SalamanderThe Pigeon Mountain Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rocky areas, and caves.It is threatened by habitat loss....
(P. petraeus) - White-spotted SalamanderWhite-spotted SalamanderThe White-spotted Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rocky areas.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(P. punctatus), not to be confused with the Spotted SalamanderSpotted SalamanderThe Spotted Salamander or Yellow-spotted Salamander is a mole salamander common in the eastern United States and Canada. The Spotted Salamander is the State amphibian of South Carolina. It has recently been found that its embryos have algae living inside them in a mutualistic...
, Ambystoma maculatum - Ravine SalamanderRavine SalamanderThe ravine salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family, which is endemic to the United States. The epithet is in honor of its discoverer, Neil D. Richmond, who later succeeded M...
(P. richmondi) - Savannah Slimy Salamander (P. savannah)
- Sequoyah Slimy SalamanderSequoyah Slimy SalamanderThe Sequoyah Slimy Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-Source:...
(P. sequoyah) - Southern Red Back SalamanderRed Back SalamanderThe red back salamander is a small, hardy woodland salamander. It inhabits wooded slopes in Eastern North America; west to Missouri; south to North Carolina; and north from southern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada to Minnesota...
(P. serratus) - Shenandoah SalamanderShenandoah SalamanderThe Shenandoah Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States and the state of Virginia . It is only known from North facing talus slopes on three mountain tops inside the Shenandoah National Park...
(P. shenandoah), formerly a subspecies of NettingM. Graham NettingMaurice Graham Netting — known as M. Graham Netting — was a herpetologist, an early participant in the conservation and environmental movement, and a director of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh.-Biography:...
's Salamander (P. nettingi) - Big Levels SalamanderBig Levels SalamanderThe Big Levels Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rocky areas.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(P. sherando) - Red-legged SalamanderRed-legged SalamanderThe Red-legged Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(P. shermani) - Siskiyou Mountain SalamanderSiskiyou Mountains salamanderThe Siskiyou Mountains salamander, Plethodon stormi, also called the Siskiyou Mountain salamander, exists only in isolated locations along the Klamath River in northern California and southern Oregon...
(P. stormi) - Southern Appalachian SalamanderSouthern Appalachian SalamanderThe Southern Appalachian Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(P. teyahalee) - Van Dyke's Salamander (P. vandykei)
- South Carolina Slimy Salamander (P. variolatus)
- Western Red-backed Salamander (P. vehiculum)
- Southern Zigzag SalamanderSouthern Zigzag SalamanderThe Southern Zigzag Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.it lays it eggs in a cave during summer....
(P. ventralis) - Shenandoah Mountain SalamanderShenandoah Mountain SalamanderThe Shenandoah Mountain Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(P. virginia) - Webster's SalamanderWebster's SalamanderThe Webster's Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(P. websteri) - Wehrle's SalamanderWehrle's SalamanderWehrle's salamander is a large salamander with webbed hind feet. It is named in honor of R.W. Wehrle. The species was the first described from one of his many collections.-Description:...
(P. wehrlei) - Weller's SalamanderWeller's SalamanderThe Weller's Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States...
(P. welleri) - Yonahlossee SalamanderYonahlossee Salamander-Abstract:Plethodon yonahlossee is a particularly large woodland salamander with many distinct characteristics. The species is a member of the family Plethodontidae which is characterized by being lungless and reproductive direct development. Plethodon yonahlossee was first described in 1917 by E.R...
(P. yonahlossee)