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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

Genus Ambystoma - Mole Salamanders
Genus Amphiuma - Amphiumas
Genus Aneides - Climbing Salamanders
Genus Batrachoseps - Slender Salamanders
Genus Cryptobranchus alleganiensis - Hellbender
Genus Desmognathus - Dusky Salamanders
Genus Dicamptodon - Pacific Giant Salamanders
Ensatina eschscholtzii - Ensatina
Genus Eurycea - Brook Salamanders
Genus Gyrinophilus - Spring Salamanders
Haideotriton wallacei - Georgia Blind Salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum - Four-toed Salamander
Genus Hydromantes - Web-toed Salamanders
Genus Necturus - Waterdogs and Mudpuppies
Genus Notophthalmus - Newts
Phaeognathus hubrichti - Red Hills Salamander
Genus Plethodon - Woodland Salamanders
Genus Pseudobranchus - Dwarf Sirens
Genus Pseudotriton - Red and Mud Salamanders
Genus Rhyacotriton - Torrent Salamanders
Genus Siren - Sirens
Stereochilus marginatus - Many-lined Salamander
Typhlotriton spelaeus - Grotto Salamander

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

Genus Ambystoma - 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

Genus Amphiuma - Amphiumas

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

Genus Aneides - Climbing Salamanders

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

Genus Batrachoseps - Slender Salamanders

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

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis - Hellbender

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

Genus Desmognathus - Dusky Salamanders

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

Genus Dicamptodon - 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

Ensatina eschscholtzii - Ensatina

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

Genus Eurycea - Brook Salamanders

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

Genus Gyrinophilus - Spring Salamanders

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

Haideotriton wallacei - Georgia Blind Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum - Four-toed Salamander

Genus Hydromantes - Web-toed Salamanders

Limestone Salamander - Hydromantes brunus
Mount Lyell Salamander - Hydromantes platycephalus
Shasta Salamander - Hydromantes shastae

Genus Necturus - Waterdogs and Mudpuppies

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

Genus Notophthalmus - Newts

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

Phaeognathus hubrichti - Red Hills Salamander

Genus Plethodon - Woodland Salamanders

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

Genus Pseudobranchus - Dwarf Sirens

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

Genus Pseudotriton - Red and Mud Salamanders

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

Genus Rhyacotriton - Torrent Salamanders

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

Genus Siren - Sirens

Lesser Siren - Siren intermedia
- Eastern Lesser Siren - Siren intermedia intermedia
- Western Lesser Siren - Siren intermedia nettingi
Greater Siren - Siren lacertina

Stereochilus marginatus - Many-lined Salamander

Genus Taricha - Pacific Newts

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

Typhlotriton spelaeus - Grotto Salamander

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