Topics Related to Amphibians - Salamanders

Scientific Name(s): Plethodon cheoah, Plethodon shermani
Description:  These two species were formerly considered subspecies of the Jordan’s salamander (Plethodon jordani). 
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson

Scientific Name: Eurycea wilderae
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson 

Scientific Name: Desmognathus quadromaculatus
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson

Scientific Name: Ambystoma maculatum
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson

Scientific Name: Ambystoma talpoideum
Photo Credit: Kevin Stohlgren 

Scientific Name: Ambystoma opacum
Classification: Nongame species
Abundance: Common statewide

Scientific Name: Ambystoma mabeei

Photo Credit: Todd Pierson 

Scientific Name: Ambystoma tigrinum
Classification: Nongame species-State listed as threatened
Abundance: Range is shaded in blue (parts of Wake
Hoke, Scotland, Robeson and Moore counties only)

Scientific Name: Notophthalmus viridescens
Classification: Nongame species
Abundance: Common statewide (dark blue denotes
range of red-spotted newt; light blue denotes range of
broken-striped newt.)
 

Scientific Name: Siren intermedia

Photo Credit: Kevin Stohlgren