Herp Lab (Descriptions)

-Aquatic

-75 cm long

-Head and body compressed

-Sides of body with wrinked folds of skin

-External Gills Absent

-SGCN

-Found in Large Rivers

Order: Caudata

Family: Cryptobranchidae

Latin: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Common: Hellbenders

-Aquatic

-70cm long

-Rear Limbs Absent

-External gills absent

-SGCN

Order: Caudata

Family: Sirenidae

Latin: Siren intermedia

Common: Lesser Sirens

-Aquatic

-105 cm long

-Legs reduced and tiny with only three digits per foot

-SGCN

Order: Caudata

Family: Amphiumidae

Latin: Amphiuma tridactylum

Common: Three toed amphibian

-Aquatic

-45~50cms long

-External gills

-4 digits on each foot

-Larva has distinct pattern, adults molted

-Lentic and lotic

Order: Cuadata

Family: Proteidae

Latin: Nexturus maculosus

Common: Mudpuppies

-Terrestrial+Aquatic

-12 cm long

-Coastal grooves indistinct

-Skin rough and grandular

-Woodland ponds

Order: Caudata

Family: Salamandridae

Latin: Notophthalmus viridescens

Common: Eastern Newt

-Small head to body

-11~17cm long

-Teeth squared

-Eggs laid singly in streams

-Common in bluegrass

Order: Caudata

Family:Ambystomatidae

Latin: Ambystoma barbouri

Common: Streamside Salamanders

-11-17cm long

-Teeth Daggerlike

-Found in Western KY

-Order: Caudata

-Family: Ambystomatidae

-Latin: Ambystoma texanum

-Common: Small-mouthed salamanders

-Dorsum black with white or silvery crossbands that expand into hourglass shaped along sides

-Woodland ponds

-Order: Caudata

-Family: Ambystomatidae

-Latin: Ambystoma opacum

-Common: Marbled salamander

-Really long toes

-Order: Caudata

-Family: Ambystomatidae

-Latin: Ambystoma jeffersonianum

-Common: Jefferson Salamander

-Variable color, but usually organic bloshes

-Found in forest/agrculture

-30cm long

-Tubercles on palm

-Venters often mottled

-Order: Caudata

-Family: Ambystomatidae

-Latin: Ambystoma tigrinum

-Common: Tiger Salamander

-Dorsum grayish black with large round yellowish spots; often orange spots on head

-Ventor is gray

-Epherial ponds near forests

-Order: Caudata

-Family: Ambystomatidae

-Latin: Ambystoma maculatum

-Common: Spotted salamander

-11 cm long

-Head large relative to body size

-10~11 coastal grooves

Order: Caudata

Family: Ambystomatidae

Latin: Ambystoma talpoideum

Common: Mole Salamanders