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Checklist of Amphibian Species and Identification Guide

An Online Guide for the Identification of Amphibians in North America north of Mexico

Order Caudata: Salamanders

Family Ambystomatidae - Mole Salamanders
Family Amphiumidae - Amphiumas
Family Cryptobranchidae - Hellbenders
Family Dicamptodontidae - Pacific Giant Salamanders
Family Plethodontidae - Lungless Salamanders
Family Proteidae - Mudpuppies and Waterdogs
Family Rhyacotritonidae - Torrent Salamanders
Family Salamandridae - Newts
Family Sirenidae - Sirens

This list is sorted by FAMILY NAME | Sort Families by SPECIES NAME

Family Ambystomatidae - Mole Salamanders

Ringed Salamander - Ambystoma annulatum
Streamside Salamander - Ambystoma barbouri
California Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma californiense
Flatwoods Salamander - Ambystoma cingulatum
Northwestern Salamander - Ambystoma gracile
Jefferson Salamander - Ambystoma jeffersonianum
Blue-spotted Salamander - Ambystoma laterale
Mabee's Salamander - Ambystoma mabeei
Long-toed Salamander - Ambystoma macrodactylum
- Eastern Long-toed Salamander - Ambystoma macrodactylum columbianum
- Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander - Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum
- Northern Long-toed Salamander - Ambystoma macrodactylum krausei
- Western Long-toed Salamander - Ambystoma macrodactylum macrodactylum
- Southern Long-toed Salamander - Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum
Spotted Salamander - Ambystoma maculatum
Marbled Salamander - Ambystoma opacum
Mole Salamander - Ambystoma talpoideum
Small-mouthed Salamander - Ambystoma texanum
Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum
- Gray Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum diaboli
- Barred Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium
- Blotched Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum
- Arizona Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum
- Sonoran Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi
- Eastern Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum

Family Amphiumidae - Amphiumas

Two-toed Amphiuma - Amphiuma means
One-toed Amphiuma - Amphiuma pholeter
Three-toed Amphiuma - Amphiuma tridactylum

Family Cryptobranchidae - Hellbenders

Hellbender - Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
- Eastern Hellbender - Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis
- Ozark Hellbender - Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi

Family Dicamptodontidae - Pacific Giant Salamanders

Idaho Giant Salamander - Dicamptodon aterrimus
Cope's Giant Salamander - Dicamptodon copei
California Giant Salamander - Dicamptodon ensatus
Coastal (Pacific) Giant Salamander - Dicamptodon tenebrosus

Family Plethodontidae - Lungless Salamanders

Climbing Salamanders - Genus Aneides
- Green Salamander - Aneides aeneus
- Clouded Salamander - Aneides ferreus
- Black Salamander - Aneides flavipunctatus
  - Speckled Black Salamander - Aneides flavipunctatus flavipunctatus
  - Santa Cruz Black Salamander - Aneides flavipunctatus niger
- Sacramento Mountain Salamander - Aneides hardii
- Arboreal Salamander - Aneides lugubris
- Wandering Salamander - Aneides vagrans
Slender Salamanders - Genus Batrachoseps
- California Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps attenuatus
- Inyo Mountains Salamander - Batrachoseps campi
- Hell Hollow Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps diabolicus
- San Gabriel Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps gabrieli
- Gregarious Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps gregarius
- Sequoia Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps kawia
- Garden Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps major
  - Desert Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps major aridus
  - Garden Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps major major
- Black-bellied Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps nigriventris
- Channel Islands Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps pacificus
- Kings River Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps regius
- Relictual Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps relictus
- Kern Canyon Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps simatus
- Tehachapi Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps stebbinsi
- Oregon Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps wrighti
Dusky Salamanders - Genus Desmognathus
- Seepage Salamander - Desmognathus aeneus
- Apalachicola Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus apalachicolae
- Southern Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus auriculatus
- Ouachita Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus brimleyorum
- Carolina Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus carolinensis
- Spotted Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus conanti (formerly D. fuscus conanti)
- Northern Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus fuscus
- Imitator Salamander - Desmognathus imitator
- Shovel-nosed Salamander - Desmognathus (formerly Leurognathus) marmoratus
- Seal Salamander - Desmognathus monticola
- (Allegheny) Mountain Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus ochrophaeus
- Ocoee Salamander - Desmognathus ocoee
- Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus orestes
- Black-bellied Salamander - Desmognathus quadramaculatus
- Santeetlah Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus santeetlah
- Black Mountain Salamander - Desmognathus welteri
- Pigmy Salamander - Desmognathus wrighti
Ensatinas - Ensatina eschscholtzii
- Yellow-blotched Ensatina - Ensatina eschscholtzii croceater
- Monterey Ensatina - Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii
- Large-blotched Ensatina - Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi
- Oregon Ensatina - Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis
- Painted Ensatina - Ensatina eschscholtzii picta
- Sierra Nevada Ensatina - Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis
- Yellow-eyed Ensatina - Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica
Brook Salamanders - Genus Eurycea
- Northern Two-lined Salamander - Eurycea bislineata
- Chisholm Trail Salamander - Eurycea chisholmensis
- Southern Two-lined Salamander - Eurycea cirrigera
- Three-lined Salamander - Eurycea guttolineata
- Junaluska Salamander - Eurycea junaluska
- Cascade Cavern Salamander - Eurycea latitans
- Long-tailed Salamander - Eurycea longicauda
  - Long-tailed Salamander - Eurycea longicauda longicauda
  - Dark-sided Salamander - Eurycea longicauda melanopleura
- Cave Salamander - Eurycea lucifuga
- Many-ribbed Salamander - Eurycea multiplicata
  - Gray-bellied Salamander - Eurycea multiplicata griseogaster
  - Many-ribbed Salamander - Eurycea multiplicata multiplicata
- San Marcos Salamander - Eurycea nana
- Georgetown Salamander - Eurycea naufragia
- Texas Salamander - Eurycea neotenes
- Fern Bank Salamander - Eurycea pterophila
- Dwarf Salamander - Eurycea quadridigitata
- Texas Blind Salamander - Eurycea rathbuni
- Blanco Blind Salamander - Eurycea robusta
- Barton Springs Salamander - Eurycea sosorum
- Jollyville Plateau Salamander - Eurycea tonkawae
- Comal Blind Salamander - Eurycea tridentifera
- Valdina Farms Salamander - Eurycea troglodytes
- Oklahoma Salamander - Eurycea tynerensis
- Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander - Eurycea wilderae
Spring Salamanders - Genus Gyrinophilus
- Berry Cave Salamander - Gyrinophilus gulolineatus
- Tennessee Cave Salamander - Gyrinophilus palleucus
  - Big Mouth Cave Salamander - Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides
  - Pale Salamander - Gyrinophilus palleucus palleucus
- Spring Salamander - Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
  - Blue Ridge Spring Salamander - Gyrinophilus porphyriticus danielsi
  - Carolina Spring Salamander - Gyrinophilus porphyriticus dunni
  - Kentucky Spring Salamander - Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi
  - Northern Spring Salamander - Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus
- West Virginia Spring Salamander - Gyrinophilus subterraneus
Georgia Blind Salamander - Haideotriton wallacei
Four-toed Salamander - Hemidactylium scutatum
Web-toed Salamanders - Genus Hydromantes
- Limestone Salamander - Hydromantes brunus
- Mount Lyell Salamander - Hydromantes platycephalus
- Shasta Salamander - Hydromantes shastae
Red Hills Salamander - Phaeognathus hubrichti
Woodland Salamanders - Genus Plethodon
- Catahoula Salamander - Plethodon ainsworthi
- Western Slimy Salamander - Plethodon albagula
- Blue Ridge Graycheek Salamander - Plethodon amplus
- Ozark Salamander - Plethodon angusticlavius
- Tellico Salamander - Plethodon aureolus
- Caddo Mountain Salamander - Plethodon caddoensis
- Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander - Plethodon chattahoochee
- Cheoah Bald Salamander - Plethodon cheoah
- Atlantic Coast Slimy Salamander - Plethodon chlorobryonis
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander - Plethodon cinereus
- White-spotted Slimy Salamander - Plethodon cylindraceus
- Northern Zigzag Salamander - Plethodon dorsalis
- Dunn's Salamander - Plethodon dunni
- Northern Ravine Salamander - Plethodon electromorphus
- Del Norte Salamander - Plethodon elongatus
- Fourche Mountain Salamander - Plethodon fourchensis
- Northern Slimy Salamander - Plethodon glutinosus
- Southeastern Slimy Salamander - Plethodon grobmani
- Valley and Ridge Salamander - Plethodon hoffmani
- Peaks of Otter Salamander - Plethodon hubrichti
- Coeur d'Alene Salamander - Plethodon idahoensis
- Jordan's Salamander - Plethodon jordani
- Cumberland Plateau Salamander - Plethodon kentucki
- Kiamichi Slimy Salamander - Plethodon kiamichi
- Louisiana Slimy Salamander - Plethodon kisatchie
- Larch Mountain Salamander - Plethodon larselli
- South Mountain Gray-cheeked Salamander - Plethodon meridianus
- Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander - Plethodon metcalfi
- Mississippi Slimy Salamander - Plethodon mississippi
- Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander - Plethodon montanus
- Jemez Mountains Salamander - Plethodon neomexicanus
- Cheat Mountain Salamander - Plethodon nettingi
- Ocmulgee Slimy Salamander - Plethodon ocmulgee
- Rich Mountain Salamander - Plethodon ouachitae
- Pigeon Mountain Salamander - Plethodon petraeus
- Cow Knob Salamander - Plethodon punctatus
- Southern Ravine Salamander - Plethodon richmondi
- Savannah Slimy Salamander - Plethodon savannah
- Sequoyah Slimy Salamander - Plethodon sequoyah
- Southern Red-backed Salamander - Plethodon serratus
- Shenandoah Salamander - Plethodon shenandoah
- Red-legged Salamander - Plethodon shermani
- Siskiyou Mountains Salamander - Plethodon stormi
- Southern Appalachian Salamander - Plethodon teyahalee
- Van Dyke's Salamander - Plethodon vandykei
- South Carolina Slimy Salamander - Plethodon variolatus
- Western Red-backed Salamander - Plethodon vehiculum
- Southern Zigzag Salamander - Plethodon ventralis
- Shenandoah Mountain Salamander - Plethodon virginia
- Webster's Salamander - Plethodon websteri
- Wehrle's Salamander - Plethodon wehrlei
- Weller's Salamander - Plethodon welleri
- Yonahlossee Salamander - Plethodon yonahlossee
Red and Mud Salamanders - Genus Pseudotriton
- Mud Salamander - Pseudotriton montanus
  - Midland Mud Salamander - Pseudotriton montanus diastictus
  - Gulf Coast Mud Salamander - Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus
  - Rusty Mud Salamander - Pseudotriton montanus floridanus
  - Eastern Mud Salamander - Pseudotriton montanus montanus
- Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber
  - Blue Ridge Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber nitidus
  - Northern Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber ruber
  - Black-chinned Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber schencki
  - Southern Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber vioscai
Many-lined Salamander - Stereochilus marginatus
Grotto Salamander - Typhlotriton spelaeus

Family Proteidae - Mudpuppies and Waterdogs

Blackwarrior Waterdog - Necturus alabamensis
Gulf Coast Waterdog - Necturus beyeri
Neuse River Waterdog - Necturus lewisi
Mudpuppy - Necturus maculosus
- Red River Mudpuppy - Necturus maculosus louisianensis
- Common Mudpuppy - Necturus maculosus maculosus
Dwarf Waterdog - Necturus punctatus

Family Rhyacotritonidae - Torrent Salamanders

Cascade Torrent Salamander - Rhyacotriton cascadae
Columbia Torrent Salamander - Rhyacotriton kezeri
Olympic Torrent Salamander - Rhyacotriton olympicus
Southern Torrent Salamander - Rhyacotriton variegatus

Family Salamandridae - Newts

Newts - Genus Notophthalmus
- Texas Black-spotted Newt - Notophthalmus meridionalis meridionalis
- Striped Newt - Notophthalmus perstriatus
- Eastern Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens
  - Broken-striped Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis
  - Central Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis
  - Peninsula Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens piaropicola
  - Red-spotted Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens
Pacific Newts - Genus Taricha
- Rough-skinned Newt - Taricha granulosa
  - Rough-skinned Newt - Taricha granulosa granulosa
  - Crater Lake Rough-skinned Newt - Taricha granulosa mazamae
- Red-bellied Newt - Taricha rivularis
- California Newt - Taricha torosa
  - Sierra Newt - Taricha torosa sierrae
  - Coast Range Newt - Taricha torosa torosa

Family Sirenidae - Sirens

Dwarf Sirens - Genus Pseudobranchus
- Southern Dwarf Siren - Pseudobranchus axanthus
  - Narrow-striped Dwarf Siren - Pseudobranchus axanthus axanthus
  - Everglades Dwarf Siren - Pseudobranchus axanthus belli
- Northern Dwarf Siren - Pseudobranchus striatus
  - Gulf Hammock Dwarf Siren - Pseudobranchus striatus lustricolus
  - Slender Dwarf Siren - Pseudobranchus striatus spheniscus
  - Broad-striped Dwarf Siren - Pseudobranchus striatus striatus
Sirens - Genus Siren
- Lesser Siren - Siren intermedia
  - Eastern Lesser Siren - Siren intermedia intermedia
  - Western Lesser Siren - Siren intermedia nettingi
- Greater Siren - Siren lacertina

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