Species

A selection of species found in North Carolina.

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Seal Salamander

Seal Salamander

Scientific Name: Desmognathus monticola
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson 

Slimy Salamander Complex

Slimy Salamander Complex

Species in Complex: Tellico salamander (Plethodon aureolus), Chattahoochee slimy salamander (Plethodon chattahoochee), Atlantic coast slimy salamander (Plethodon chlorobryonis), white-spotted slimy salamander (Plethodon cylindraceus), northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus), southen Appalachian salamander (Plethodon teya

Black Southern Zigzag Salamander on dead leaf

Southern Zigzag Salamander

Scientific Name: Plethodon ventralis
Listed:  State Species of Special Concern.
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson

Orange Spring Salamander on a wet leaf

Spring Salamander

Scientific Name: Gyrinophilus porphyritcus
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson 

Wehrle's Salamander

Wehrle's Salamander

Scientific Name: Plethodon wehrlei
Listed:  State Threatened.
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson 

A Weller's Salamander laying in the mud

Weller's Salamander

Scientific Name: Plethodon welleri

Listed:  State Species of Special Concern.

Photo Credit: Todd Pierson