EFB 485 Salamanders

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Hellbenders and Asiatic giant salamanders, external fertilization, cutaneous respiration, “hidden gills”, fall breeders, Hellbender : Special Concern

Cryptobranchidae

Asiatic land salamanders. European and asian, small, lunged

Hynobiidae

Newts and European salamanders. No costal grooves, aposematic coloration, internal fertilization.

Salamandridae

Notopthalmus viridescens

Mole salamanders. Costal grooves, no nasolabial grooves, fossorial, spring breeding.

Ambystomatidae

Ambystoma maculatum

special concern

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

special concern

Ambystoma laterale

special concern, fall breeding

Ambystoma opacum

endangered

Ambystoma tigrinum

Waterdogs, mud puppies, and the old. Fully aquatic, paedomorphic.

Proteidae

Necturus maculosus

Lungless salamanders. Diverse and species rich. Americas and Europe. Nasolabial grooves, cutaneous respiration.

Plethodontidae

Desmognathus fuscus

Desmognathus ochrophaeus

Eurycea bislineata

special concern

Eurycea longicauda

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus

Hemidactylium scutatum

Plethodon cinerus

Plethodon cinerus

Plethodon glutinosus

Plethodon wehrlei

Pseudotriton ruber