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Woodland salamander
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Woodland salamanders are lungless salamanders of the genus Plethodon. They are so named due to their habitat, woodlands, and the fact that they have no aquatic larval stage. Eggs are laid underneath a stone or log and young hatch in the adult form.
Species
Listed in alphabetical order of specific name.
- Catahoula Salamander (P. ainsworthi), believed to be extinct
- White Throated Slimy Salamander (P. albagula)
- Blue Ridge Gray-cheeked Salamander (P. amplus)
- Ozark Zigzag Salamander (P. angusticlavius)
- Scott Bar Salamander (P. asupak)
- Tellico Salamander (P. aureolus)
- Caddo Mountain Salamander (Plethodon caddoensis)
- Chattahoochee Salamander (P. chattahoochee)
- Cheoah Bald Salamander (P. cheoah)
- Atlantic Coast Slimy Salamander (P. chlorobryonis)
- Northern Red Back Salamander (P. cinereus)
- White-spotted Slimy Salamander (P. cylindraceus )
- Northern Zigzag Salamander (P. dorsalis)
- Dunn's Salamander (P. dunni)
- Northern Ravine Salamander (P. electromorphus)
- Del Norte Salamander (P. elongatus)
- Fourche Mountain Salamander (P. fourchensis)
- Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus)
- Southeastern Slimy Salamander (P. grobmani)
- Valley And Ridge Salamander (P. hoffmani)
- Peaks of Otter Salamander (P. hubrichti), formerly a subspecies of Netting's Salamander (P. nettingi)
- Coeur d’Alene Salamander (P. idahoensis)
- Jordan's Salamander (P. jordani)
- Cumberland Plateau Salamander (P. kentucki)
- Kiamichi Slimy Salamander (P. kiamichi)
- Louisiana Slimy Salamander (P. kisatchie)
- Larch Mountain Salamander (P. larselli)
- South Mountain Gray-cheeked Salamander (P. meridianus)
- Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander (P. metcalfi)
- Mississippi Slimy Salamander (P. mississippi)
- Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander (P. montanus)
- Jemez Mountains Salamander (P. neomexicanus)
- Cheat Mountain salamander (P. nettingi), formerly a subspecies of Netting's Salamander (P. nettingi)
- Ocmulgee Slimy Salamander (P. ocmulgee)
- Rich Mountain Salamander (P. ouachitae)
- Pigeon Mountain Salamander (P. petraeus)
- White-spotted Salamander (P. punctatus), not to be confused with the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum
- Ravine Salamander (P. richmondi)
- Savannah Slimy Salamander (P. savannah)
- Sequoyah Slimy Salamander (P. sequoyah)
- Southern Red Back Salamander (P. serratus)
- Shenandoah Salamander (P. shenandoah), formerly a subspecies of Netting's Salamander (P. nettingi)
- Big Levels Salamander (P. sherando)
- Red-legged Salamander (P. shermani)
- Siskiyou Mountain Salamander (P. stormi)
- Southern Appalachian Salamander (P. teyahalee)
- Van Dyke's Salamander (P. vandykei)
- South Carolina Slimy Salamander (P. variolatus)
- Western Red-backed Salamander (P. vehiculum)
- Southern Zigzag Salamander (P. ventralis)
- Shenandoah Mountain Salamander (P. virginia)
- Webster's Salamander (P. websteri)
- Wehrle's Salamander (P. wehrlei)
- Weller's Salamander (P. welleri)
- Yonahlossee Salamander (P. yonahlossee)
Notes
- ^ Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference. research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia.
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