Category: Salamanders

Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis(Girard, 1856)Polk Co., Oregon. April 29, 2007. At the end […]

Oregon Ensatina

Ensatina eschscholtzii croceater(Cope, 1868)Kern Co., California. May 20, 2015. A tiny metamorph, […]

Yellow-blotched Ensatina

Eurycea quadridigitata(Holbrook, 1842)Jasper Co., South Carolina. March 12, 1999. “What the heck […]

Dwarf Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea cirrigera(Green, 1831)Vermilion Co., Illinois. March 3, 1996. I rarely find a […]

Southern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea bislineata(Green, 1818)Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. August 23, 2003. The evening was muggy […]

Northern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea guttolineata (Holbrook, 1838)Dekalb Co., Alabama. October 2, 2011 This salamander was […]

Three-lined Salamander

Plethodon petraeusWynn, Highton, and Jacobs, 1988Walker Co., Georgia. September 30, 2011. I […]

Pigeon Mountain Salamander

Plethodon dorsalisCope, 1889Union Co., Illinois. October 3, 1983. In some places, you […]

Eastern Zigzag Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum(Temminck, 1838)Jefferson Co., Indiana. March 28, 2010. One of my favorite […]

Four-toed Salamander

Plethodon angusticlavius Grobman, 1944Christian Co., Missouri. March 14, 2010. This specimen was […]

Ozark Zigzag Salamander

Eurycea tynerensisMoore and Hughes, 1939 Christian Co., Missouri. March 14, 2010 I […]

Oklahoma Salamander

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Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822Union Co., Illinois. October 8, 1977. There is a […]

Cave Salamander

Eurycea longicauda melanopleura(Cope, 1894)Washington Co., Missouri. April 3, 1976. This subspecies of […]

Dark-sided Salamander

Eurycea longicauda longicauda(Green, 1818)Union Co., Illinois. October, 1977 My very first longicauda […]

Eastern Long-tailed Salamander

Batrachoseps robustus Wake, Yanev, and Hansen, 2002Kern Co., California. May 20, 2015. […]

Kern Plateau Slender Salamander

Siren intermedia nettingiGoin, 1942Union Co., Illinois. May 19, 2001 My first siren […]

Western Lesser Siren

Notophthalmus viridescens viridiscens(Rafinesque, 1820)Carter Co., Tennessee. May 22, 1998. On our way […]

Eastern Newt

Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis(Wolterstorff, 1914)Union Co., Illinois. October 1994 The life cycle of […]

Central Newt

Dicamptodon ensatus (Eschscholtz, 1833)Santa Cruz Co., California. May 3, 2014. My first […]

California Giant Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825)St. Louis Co., Missouri. Spring 1977. In a neighbor’s […]

Eastern Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855)Champaign Co., Illinois. March 10, 1993. It is no […]

Smallmouth Salamander

Ambystoma talpoideum (Holbrook, 1838)Jasper Co., South Carolina. March 13, 1999. We were […]

Mole Salamander

Ambystoma platineum(Cope, 1867)Vermilion Co., Illinois. March 22, 2010. The salamander formerly known […]

Silvery Salamander

Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807)Johnson Co., Illinois. May 2, 1997. They are not […]

Marbled Salamander

Ambystoma cingulatumCope, 1868Wakulla Co., Florida. March 22, 2006. The breeding grounds of […]

Frosted Flatwoods Salamander