Caudata

Fw-413

Sirenidae

-southeast, eastern NC- coastal

-no limbs

-4 toes on each foot

-Siren Intermedia

-Siren lacertina

Proteidae

-4 well developed limbs

-4 toes

-spots on dorsum

-dark stripe on side of the head

-Nectarus lewisi

-Necturus maculosus

-Necturus punctatus

Cryptobranchidae

-large

-western carolina

hellbender

-asiatic gaint salamander

-Chryptobranchidae alleganiensis

Salamandridae

-poisonous

-newts, true sallys

-Notophthalmus viridescens

Ambystomatidae

-full body

-patterned

Plethodontidae

-lungless sals

Siren intermedia

<35 coastal grooves

-1/4 tail, ¾ body

-rounded tail tip

Siren lacertina

>36 coastal grooves

-dull pointed tip

-1/3, 2/3 body to tail

Nectarus lewisi

-THREATENED

-smaller spots across entire body

-less spotted belly

-eastern

-proteidae

Nectarus maculosus

-SPECIAL CONCERN

-larger more organized spots

-smaller towards head

-western

-Proteidae

Nectarus punctatus

-small

-no blotches/spots

-flattened tail

Amphiuma means

two toed amphiuma

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

-special concern

-hellbender

-Western NC

Notophthalmus viridescens

-spotting variations

-textured skin

-newt

-salamandridae

Ambystoma maculatum

-spotted salamander

-Western to central

Ambystoma opacum

-official state sally

-marbled salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum

NC threatened

-irregular blotching

-larger

Eurycea cirrigera

-southern two lined sal

-dosum yellowish, brown, greenish, or orange

-black spots

-dark dorsal stripe extending to the tip of the tail

-14 coastal grooves, 5 toes on hind limbs

-2 yrs in water

-plethodontidae

Eurycea guttolineata

-three lined salamander

-black stripe down the back flanked by yellow stripes that meet at the base of the tail

-dark mid-dorsal and dorsolateral lines form 3 lined pattern

-terrestrial but not far from water

-slow moving waters, 4-6 m as larvae

-plethodontidae

Eurycea chamberlaini

-light ventral surface

-<16 coastal grooves

-base of tail laterally compressed

-4 toes on hind limbs (only NC Eurycea)

-plethodontidae

Plethodon cinereus

-red backed salamander

-reddish dorsal stripe, heavily mottles black and white belly

-terrestrial

-eggs laid underground

-female agro, no larval stage

Plethodon cylindraceus

-white spotted slimy sal

-one of 5 branched off of p.glutinosus complex

-all are black with white flecks scattered ouver sides

-terrestrial, no larval

Pseudotriton montanus

-mud sal

-short tail, brown eyes, bright red dorsum

-spots round and well seperated

-common at lower elevations, swampy pools

-late fall eggs, 2 yr larvae

-plethodontidae

Pseudotriton ruber

-red sal

-short tail, bright red dorsum w/ irregular spots

-in and around aquatic habitats

-adult burrows, eggs awautic, 2-3 moths larvae

-western

-plethodontidae

Grinophilus porphyriticus

-spring sal

-large, stout body

-orange dorsum w/ small dark spots

-eye to nostril line

-summer eggs, 4 yrs as larvae

-western

-plethodontidae

Stereo marginatus

-many lined salamander

-yellow-brown, light and dark longitidinal streaks/lines on lower sides

-scattered brown flecks on belly

-tail relatively short, keeled, laterally compressed

-highly aquatic, winter eggs, 1-2 years larvae

-eastern

Desmognathus bairdi

-northern dusky

-red, gray, brown, black

-moderatedly keeled tail

-abundant in streams

-eggs aquatic, short larval stage