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| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Original Description |
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Alternate Name |
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| Order Caudata |
Salamanders |
Scopoli, 1777 |
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| Ambystoma |
Mole Salamanders |
Tschudi, 1838 |
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| Ambystoma californiense |
California Tiger Salamander |
Gray, 1853 |
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| Ambystoma gracile (CA) + (NW) |
Northwestern Salamander |
(Baird, 1859) |
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| Ambystoma macrodactylum |
Long-toed Salamander |
Baird, 1849 |
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| Ambystoma macrodactylum columbianum |
Central Long-toed Salamander |
Ferguson, 1961 |
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Columbia Long-toed Salamander |
| Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum |
Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander |
Russell and Anderson, 1956 |
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| Ambystoma macrodactylum macrodactylum |
Western Long-toed Salamander |
Baird, 1849 |
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| Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum |
Southern Long-toed Salamander |
Ferguson, 1961 |
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| Ambystoma maculatum |
Spotted Salamander |
(Shaw, 1802) |
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| Ambystoma mavortium |
Western Tiger Salamander |
Baird, 1850 “1849” |
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| Ambystoma mavortium (CA) |
Western Tiger Salamander |
Baird, 1850 “1849” |
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= Ambystoma tigrinum |
| Ambystoma mavortium mavortium |
Barred Tiger Salamander |
Baird, 1850 “1849” |
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= Ambystoma tigrinum |
| Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum |
Blotched Tiger Salamander |
(Baird, 1860) |
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= Ambystoma tigrinum |
| Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum |
Arizona Tiger Salamander |
Hallowell, 1852 |
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= Ambystoma tigrinum |
| Ambystoma opacum |
Mabled Salamander |
Gravenhorst (1807) |
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| Aneides |
Climbing Salamanders |
Baird, 1851 |
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| Aneides aeneus |
Green Salamander |
(Cope and Packard, 1881) |
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| Aneides ferreus (CA) + (NW) |
Clouded Salamander |
Cope, 1869 |
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| Aneides flavipunctatus |
Speckled Black Salamander |
(Strauch, 1870) |
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= Aneides flavipunctatus flavipunctatus |
| Aneides hardii |
Sacramento Mountains Salamander |
(Taylor, 1941) |
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| Aneides iecanus |
Shasta Black Salamander |
(Cope 1883) |
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= Aneides flavipunctatus flavipunctatus |
| Aneides klamathensis CA + NW |
Klamath Black Salamander |
Stebbins, 1951 & Dubois and Raffaelli, 2009 |
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= Aneides flavipunctatus flavipunctatus |
| Aneides lugubris |
Arboreal Salamander |
(Hallowell, 1849) |
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| Aneides niger |
Santa Cruz Black Salamander |
Myers and Maslin, 1948 |
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= Aneides flavipunctatus niger |
| Aneides vagrans |
Wandering Salamander |
Wake and Jackman, 1999 |
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| Batrachoseps |
Slender Salamanders |
Bonaparte, 1841 |
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| Batrachoseps altasierrae |
Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander |
Jockush, Martinez-Solano, Hansen, and Wake, 2012 |
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| Batrachoseps attenuatus (CA) + (NW) |
California Slender Salamander |
(Eschscholtz, 1833) |
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| Batrachoseps bramei |
Fairview Slender Salamander |
Jockush, Martinez-Solano, Hansen, and Wake, 2012 |
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| Batrachoseps campi |
Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander |
Marlow, Brode & Wake, 1979 |
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| Batrachoseps diabolicus |
Hell Hollow Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 |
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| Batrachoseps gabrieli |
San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander |
Wake, 1996 |
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| Batrachoseps gavilanensis |
Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 |
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| Batrachoseps gregarius |
Gregarious Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Wake & Yanev 1998 |
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| Batrachoseps incognitus |
San Simeon Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 |
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| Batrachoseps kawia |
Sequoia Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Wake & Yanev 1998 |
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| Batrachoseps luciae |
Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 |
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| Batrachoseps major |
Southern California Slender Salamander |
Camp, 1915 |
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| Batrachoseps major aridus |
Desert Slender Salamander |
Brame, 1970 |
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| Batrachoseps major major (CA) + (BC) |
Garden Slender Salamander |
Camp, 1915 |
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| Batrachoseps minor |
Lesser Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 |
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| Batrachoseps nigriventris |
Black-bellied Slender Salamander |
Cope, 1869 |
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| Batrachoseps pacificus |
Channel Islands Slender Salamander |
(Cope, 1865) |
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| Batrachoseps regius |
Kings River Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 |
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| Batrachoseps relictus |
Relictual Slender Salamander |
Brame & Murray, 1968 |
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| Batrachoseps robustus |
Kern Plateau Slender Salamander |
Wake, Yanev, and Hansen, 2002 |
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Batrachoseps simatus
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Kern Canyon Slender Salamander |
Brame & Murray, 1968 |
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| Batrachoseps stebbinsi |
Tehachapi Slender Salamander |
Brame & Murray, 1968 |
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| Batrachoseps wakei |
Arguello Slender Salamander |
Sweet & Jockusch, 2021 |
 © Robert Hansen |
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| Batrachoseps wrighti |
Oregon Slender Salamander |
(Bishop, 1937) |
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Batrachoseps wrightorum |
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| Cryptobranchus |
Hellbender |
Leuckart, 1821 |
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| Cryptobranchus alleganiensis |
Hellbender |
(Daudin, 1803) |
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| Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis |
Eastern Hellbender |
Daudin 1803 |
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| Desmognathus |
Dusky Salamanders |
Baird, 1850 |
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| Desmognathus aeneus |
Seepage Salamander |
Brown and Bishop, 1947 |
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| Desmognathus carolinensis |
Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander |
Dunn, 1916 |
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| Desmognathus folkertsi |
Dwarf Black-bellied Salamander |
Camp, Tilley, Austin, and Marshall, 2002 |
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| Desmognathus fuscus |
Northern Dusky Salamander |
(Rafinesque, 1820) |
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| Desmognathus imitator |
Imitator Salamander |
Dunn, 1927 |
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| Desmognathus monticola |
Seal Salamander |
Dunn, 1916 |
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| Desmognathus ochrophaeus |
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander |
Cope, 1859 |
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| Desmognathus ocoee |
Ocoee Salamander |
Nicholls, 1949 |
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| Desmognathus orestes |
Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander |
Tilley and Mahoney, 1996 |
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| Desmognathus organi |
Northern Pygmy Salamander |
Crespi, Brown, and Rissler, 2010 |
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formerly Desmognathus wrighti |
| Desmognathus quadramaculatus |
Black-bellied Salamander |
(Holbrook, 1840) |
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| Desmognathus santeetlah |
Santeetlah Dusky Salamander |
Tilley, 1981 |
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| Desmognathus wrighti |
Pygmy Salamander |
King 1936 |
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| Dicamptodon |
Pacific Giant Salamanders |
Strauch, 1870 |
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| Dicamptodon aterrimus |
Idaho Giant Salamander |
(Cope, 1868) |
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| Dicamptodon copei |
Cope's Giant Salamander |
Nussbaum, 1970 |
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| Dicamptodon ensatus |
California Giant Salamander |
(Eschscholtz, 1833) |
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| Dicamptodon tenebrosus (CA) + (NW) |
Coastal Giant Salamander |
(Baird and Girard, 1852) |
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| Ensatina |
Ensatinas |
Gray, 1850 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii |
Ensatina |
Gray, 1850 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii croceater |
Yellow-blotched Ensatina |
(Cope, 1867) |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii |
Monterey Ensatina |
Gray, 1850 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi |
Large-blotched Ensatina |
Dunn, 1929 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis (CA) + (NW) |
Oregon Ensatina |
(Girard, 1856) |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii picta (CA) + (NW) |
Painted Ensatina |
Wood, 1940 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis |
Sierra Nevada Ensatina |
(Espada, 1875) |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica |
Yellow-eyed Ensatina |
Stebbins, 1949 |
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| Eurycea |
Brook Salamanders |
Rafinesque, 1822 |
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| Eurycea bislineata |
Northern Two-lined Salamander |
(Green, 1818) |
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| Eurycea cirrigera |
Southern Two-lined Salamander |
(Green, 1830) |
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| Eurycea guttolineata |
Three-lined Salamander |
Holbrook 1838 |
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| Eurycea longicauda longicauda |
Eastern Long-tailed Salamander |
Green 1818 |
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| Eurycea lucifuga |
Cave Salamander |
Rafinesque, 1822 |
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| Eurycea nana |
San Marcos Salamander |
Bishop, 1941 |
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| Eurycea rathbuni |
Texas Blind Salamander |
(Stejneger, 1896) |
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| Eurycea sosorum |
Barton Springs Salamander |
Chippindale, Price and Hillis, 1993 |
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| Eurycea troglodytes complex |
(Spring Salamander) |
Baker, 1957 |
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Valdina Farms Salamander |
| Eurycea wilderae |
Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander |
Dunn, 1920 |
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| Gyrinophilus |
Spring Salamanders |
Cope, 1869 |
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| Grinophilus porphyriticus |
Spring Salamander |
(Green, 1827) |
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| Gyrinophilus porphyriticus danielsi |
Blue Ridge Spring Salamander |
(Blatchley, 1901) |
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| Gyrinophilus porphyriticus dunni |
Carolina Spring Salamander |
Mittleman and Jopson, 1941 |
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| Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus |
Northern Spring Salamander |
(Green, 1827) |
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| Hydromantes |
Web-toed Salamanders |
Gistel, 1848 |
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Hydromantes brunus
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Limestone Salamander |
Gorman, 1954 |
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| Hydromantes platycephalus |
Mount Lyell Salamander |
(Camp, 1916) |
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Owens Valley Web-toed Salamander |
| Hydromantes samweli |
Samwel Shasta Salamander |
Bingham, Papenfuss, Lindstrand III, and Wake, 2018 |
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| Hydromantes shastae |
Shasta Salamander |
Gorman and Camp, 1953 |
No picture available.
Identical to Hydromates samweli
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| Hydromantes wintu |
Wintu Shasta Salamander |
Bingham, Papenfuss, Lindstrand III, and Wake, 2018 |
No picture available.
Identical to Hydromates samweli
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| Ichthyosaura |
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Latreille, 1801 |
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| Ichthyosaura alpestris |
Alpine Newt |
(Laurenti, 1768) |
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Triturus alpestris
Mesotriton alpestris |
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N |
| Notophthalmus |
Eastern Newts |
Rafinesque, 1820 |
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| Notophthalmus meridionalis |
Black-spotted Newt |
(Cope, 1880) |
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| Notophthalmus meridionalis meridionalis |
Texas Black-spotted Newt |
(Cope, 1880) |
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| Notophthalmus viridescens |
Eastern Newt |
(Rafinesque, 1820) |
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| Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens |
Red-spotted Newt |
(Rafinesque, 1820) |
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| Phaeognathus |
Red Hills Salamanders |
Highton, 1961 |
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| Phaeognathus hubrichti |
Red Hills Salamander |
Highton, 1961 |
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| Plethodon |
Woodland Salamanders |
Tschudi, 1838 |
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| Plethodon albagula |
Western Slimy Salamander |
Grobman, 1944 |
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| Plethodon asupak |
Scott Bar Salamander |
Mead, Clayton, Nauman, Olson and Pfrender, 2005 |
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| Plethodon aureolis |
Tellico Salamander |
Highton, 1983 |
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| Plethodon chattahoochee |
Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander |
Highton, 1989 |
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| Plethodon cheoah |
Cheoah Bald Salamander |
Highton and Peabody, 2000 |
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| Plethodon cinereus |
Eastern Red-backed Salamander |
(Green, 1818) |
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| Plethodon cylindraceus |
White-spotted Slimy Salamander |
(Harlan, 1825) |
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| Plethodon dorsalis |
Northern Zigzag Salamander |
Cope, 1889 |
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| Plethodon dunni (CA) + (NW) |
Dunn's Salamander |
Bishop, 1934 |
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| Plethodon elongatus (CA) + (NW) |
Del Norte Salamander |
Van Denburgh, 1916 |
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| Plethodon glutinosus |
Northern Slimy Salamander |
(Green, 1818) |
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| Plethodon hubrichti |
Peaks of Otter Salamander |
Thurow, 1957 |
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| Plethodon idahoensis |
Coeur d'Alene Salamander |
Slater and Slipp, 1940 |
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| Plethodon jordani |
Red-cheeked Salamander |
Blatchley, 1901 |
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| Plethodon kentucki |
Cumberland Plateau Salamander |
Mittleman, 1951 |
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| Plethodon larselli |
Larch Mountain Salamander |
Burns, 1954 |
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| Plethodon metcalfi |
Southern Graycheek Salamander |
Brimley, 1912 |
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| Plethodon montanus |
Northern Graycheek Salamander |
Highton and Peabody, 2000 |
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| Plethodon neomexicanus |
Jemez Mountains Salamander |
Stebbins and Riemer, 1950 |
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| Plethodon nettingi |
Cheat Mountain Salamander |
Green, 1938 |
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| Plethodon petraeus |
Pigeon Mountain Salamander |
Wynn, Highton and Jacobs, 1988 |
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| Plethodon punctatus |
Cow Knob Salamander |
Highton, 1971 |
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White-spotted Salamander |
| Plethodon richmondi |
Southern Ravine Salamander |
Netting and Mittleman 1938 |
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| Plethodon shenandoah |
Shenandoah Salamander |
Highton and Worthington, 1967 |
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| Plethodon shermani |
Red-legged Salamander |
Stejneger, 1906 |
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| Plethodon stormi |
Siskiyou Mountains Salamander |
Highton and Brame, 1965 |
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| Plethodon teyahalee |
Southern Appalachian Salamander |
Hairston, 1950 |
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| Plethodon vandykei |
Van Dyke's Salamander |
Van Denburgh, 1906 |
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| Plethodon vehiculum |
Western Red-backed Salamander |
(Cooper, 1860) |
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| Plethodon virginia |
Shenandoah Mountain Salamander |
Highton, 1999 |
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| Plethodon wehrlei |
Wehrle's Salamander |
Fowler and Dunn, 1917 |
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| Plethodon welleri |
Weller's Salamander |
Walker, 1931 |
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| Plethodon yonahlossee |
Yonahlossee Salamander |
Dunn, 1917 |
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| Pseudotriton |
Red and Mud Salamanders |
Tschudi, 1838 |
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| Pseudotriton ruber |
Red Salamander |
(Latreille, 1801) |
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| Pseudotriton ruber ruber |
Northern Red Salamander |
Latreille 1801 |
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| Pseudotriton ruber schenki |
Black-chinned Red Salamander |
(Brimley, 1912) |
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| Rhyacotriton |
Torrent Salamanders |
Dunn, 1920 |
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| Rhyacotriton cascadae |
Cascade Torrent Salamander |
Good and Wake, 1992 |
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| Rhyacotriton kezeri |
Columbia Torrent Salamander |
Good and Wake, 1992 |
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| Rhyacotriton olympicus |
Olympic Torrent Salamander |
(Gaige, 1917) |
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| Rhyacotriton variegatus |
Southern Torrent Salamander |
Stebbins and Lowe, 1951 |
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| Taricha |
Pacific Newts |
Gray, 1850 |
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| Taricha granulosa (CA) + (NW) |
Rough-skinned Newt |
(Skilton, 1849) |
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| Taricha rivularis |
Red-bellied Newt |
(Twitty, 1935) |
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| Taricha sierrae |
Sierra Newt |
(Twitty, 1942) |
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formerly Taricha torosa sierrae |
| Taricha torosa |
California Newt |
(Rathke, in Eschscholtz, 1833) |
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formerly Taricha torosa torosa
Coast Range Newt |
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