All Species
199 Species in Family Plethodontidae
Nominal species list for Plethodontidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Aneides aeneus (Cope & Packard, 1881) Green salamander
Aneides ferreus Cope, 1869 Clouded salamander
Aneides flavipunctatus (Strauch, 1870) Speckled black salamander
Aneides hardii (Taylor, 1941) Sacramento mountains salamander
Aneides lugubris (Hallowell, 1849) Arboreal salamander
Aneides vagrans Wake & Jackman, 1999 Wandering salamander
Batrachoseps attenuatus (Eschscholtz, 1833) California slender salamander
Batrachoseps campi Marlow, Brode & Wake, 1979 Inyo mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps diabolicus Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 Hell hollow slender salamander
Batrachoseps gabrieli Wake, 1996 San Gabriel mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps gavilanensis Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 Gabilan mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps gregarius Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 Gregarious slender salamander
Batrachoseps incognitus Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 San Simeon slender salamander
Batrachoseps kawia Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 Sequoia slender salamander
Batrachoseps luciae Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 Santa Lucia mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps major Camp, 1915 Garden slender salamander
Batrachoseps minor Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 Lesser slender salamander
Batrachoseps nigriventris Cope, 1869 Slack-bellied slender salamander
Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865) Pacific slender salamander
Batrachoseps regius Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 Kings river slender salamander
Batrachoseps relictus Brame & Murray, 1968 Relictual slender salamander
Batrachoseps robustus Wake, Yanev & Hansen, 2002 Kern plateau salamander
Batrachoseps simatus Brame & Murray, 1968 Kern canyon slender salamander
Batrachoseps stebbinsi Brame & Murray, 1968 Tehachapi slender salamander
Batrachoseps wrightorum (Bishop, 1937) Oregon slender salamander
Bolitoglossa yucatana (Peters, 1882)
Bolitoglossa engelhardti (Schmidt, 1936)
Bolitoglossa flavimembris (Schmidt, 1936)
Bolitoglossa flaviventris (Schmidt, 1936)
Bolitoglossa hermosa Papenfuss, Wake & Adler, 1984
Bolitoglossa lincolni (Stuart, 1943)
Bolitoglossa macrinii (Lafrentz, 1930)
Bolitoglossa mexicana Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Bolitoglossa mulleri (Brocchi, 1883)
Bolitoglossa occidentalis Taylor, 1941
Bolitoglossa platydactyla (Gray, 1831)
Bolitoglossa riletti Holman, 1964
Bolitoglossa rostrata (Brocchi, 1883)
Bolitoglossa rufescens (Cope, 1869)
Bolitoglossa stuarti Wake & Brame, 1969
Bolitoglossa veracrucis Taylor, 1951
Chiropterotriton arboreus (Taylor, 1941)
Chiropterotriton chiropterus (Cope, 1863)
Chiropterotriton chondrostega (Taylor, 1941)
Chiropterotriton dimidiatus (Taylor, 1940)
Chiropterotriton lavae (Taylor, 1942)
Chiropterotriton magnipes Rabb, 1965
Chiropterotriton mosaueri (Woodall, 1941)
Chiropterotriton multidentatus (Taylor, 1939)
Chiropterotriton priscus Rabb, 1956
Cryptotriton adelos (Papenfuss & Wake, 1987)
Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi (Papenfuss & Wake, 1987)
Dendrotriton megarhinus (Rabb, 1960)
Dendrotriton xolocalcae (Taylor, 1941)
Desmognathus aeneus Brown & Bishop, 1947 Seepage salamander
Desmognathus apalachicolae Means & Karlin, 1989 Apalachicola dusky salamander
Desmognathus auriculatus (Holbrook, 1838) Southern dusky salamander
Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895 Ouachita salamander
Desmognathus carolinensis Dunn, 1916 Carolina mountain dusky salamander
Desmognathus conanti Rossman, 1958 Spotted dusky salamander
Desmognathus folkertsi Camp, Tilley, Austin & Marshall, 2002 Dwarf blackbellied salamander
Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) Northern dusky salamander
Desmognathus imitator Dunn, 1927 Imitator salamander
Desmognathus marmoratus (Moore, 1899) Shovel-nosed salamander
Desmognathus monticola Dunn, 1916 Seal salamander
Desmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859 Mountain dusky salamander
Desmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949 Ocoee salamander
Desmognathus orestes Tilley & Mahoney, 1996 Blue ridge dusky salamander
Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Holbrook, 1840) Black-bellied salamander
Desmognathus santeetlah Tilley, 1981 Yellow dusky salamander
Desmognathus welteri Barbour, 1950 Black mountain salamander
Desmognathus wrighti King, 1936 Pygmy salamander
Ensatina eschscholtzii Gray, 1850 Ensatina
Eurycea aquatica Rose & Bush, 1963 Dark-sided salamander
Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) Two-lined salamander
Eurycea chisholmensis Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000 Salado salamander
Eurycea cirrigera (Green, 1831) Southern two-lined salamander
Eurycea guttolineata (Holbrook, 1838) Three-lined salamander
Eurycea junaluska Sever, Dundee & Sullivan, 1976 Junaluska salamander
Eurycea latitans Smith & Potter, 1946 Cascade caverns salamander
Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) Long-tailed salamander
Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822 Cave salamander
Eurycea multiplicata (Cope, 1869) Many-ribbed salamander
Eurycea nana Bishop, 1941 San Marcos salamander
Eurycea naufragia Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000 Georgetown salamander
Eurycea neotenes Bishop & Wright, 1937 Texas salamander
Eurycea pterophila Burger, Smith & Potter, 1950 Fern bank salamander
Eurycea quadridigitata (Holbrook, 1842) Dwarf salamander
Eurycea rathbuni (Stejneger, 1896) Texas blind salamander
Eurycea robusta (Longley, 1978) Robust blind salamander
Eurycea sosorum Chippindale, Price & Hillis, 1993 Barton springs salamander
Eurycea spelaea (Stejneger, 1892) Grotto salamander
Eurycea tonkawae Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000 Jollyville plateau salamander
Eurycea tridentifera Mitchell & Reddell, 1965 Comal blind salamander
Eurycea troglodytes Baker, 1957 Valdina farms salamander
Eurycea tynerensis Moore & Hughes, 1939 Oklahoma salamander
Eurycea wilderae Dunn, 1920 Blue ridge two-lined salamander
Gyrinophilus gulolineatus Brandon, 1965 Berry cave salamander
Gyrinophilus palleucus McCrady, 1954 Tennessee cave salamander
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (Green, 1827) Spring salamander
Gyrinophilus subterraneus Besharse & Holsinger, 1977 West Virginia spring salamander
Haideotriton wallacei Carr, 1939 Georgia blind salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) Four-toed salamander
Hydromantes brunus Gorman, 1954 Limestone salamander
Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916) Mount lyell salamander
Hydromantes shastae Gorman & Camp, 1953 Shasta salamander
Ixalotriton niger Wake & Johnson, 1989
Ixalotriton parva (Lynch & Wake, 1989)
Nyctanolis pernix Elias & Wake, 1983
Oedipina elongata (Schmidt, 1936)
Parvimolge townsendi (Dunn, 1922)
Phaeognathus hubrichti Highton, 1961 Red hills salamander
Plethodon ainsworthi Lazell, 1998 Catahoula salamander
Plethodon albagula Grobman, 1944 Western slimy salamander
Plethodon amplus Highton & Peabody, 2000 Blue ridge gray-cheeked salamander
Plethodon angusticlavius Grobman, 1944 Ozark zigzag salamander
Plethodon aureolus Highton, 1984 Tellico salamander
Plethodon caddoensis Pope & Pope, 1951 Caddo mountain salamander
Plethodon chattahoochee Highton, 1989 Chattahoochee slimy salamander
Plethodon cheoah Highton & Peabody, 2000 Cheoah bald salamander
Plethodon chlorobryonis Mittleman, 1951 Atlantic coast slimy salamander
Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) Red-backed salamander
Plethodon cylindraceus (Harlan, 1825) White-spotted slimy salamander
Plethodon dorsalis Cope, 1889 Zig-zag salamander
Plethodon dunni Bishop, 1934 Dunn's salamander
Plethodon electromorphus Highton, 1999 Northern ravine salamander
Plethodon elongatus Van Denburgh, 1916 Del norte salamander
Plethodon fourchensis Duncan & Highton, 1979 Fourche mountain salamander
Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) Slimy salamander
Plethodon grobmani Allen & Neill, 1949 Southeastern slimy salamander
Plethodon hoffmani Highton, 1972 Valley and ridge salamander
Plethodon hubrichti Thurow, 1957 Peaks of otter salamander
Plethodon idahoensis Slater & Slipp, 1940 Coeur d'alene salamander
Plethodon jordani Blatchley, 1901 Red-cheeked salamander
Plethodon kentucki Mittleman, 1951 Kentucky salamander
Plethodon kiamichi Highton, 1989 Kiamichi slimy salamander
Plethodon kisatchie Highton, 1989 Louisiana slimy salamander
Plethodon larselli Burns, 1954 Larch mountain salamander
Plethodon meridianus Highton & Peabody, 2000 South mountain gray-cheeked salamander
Plethodon metcalfi Brimley, 1912 Southern gray-cheeked salamander
Plethodon mississippi Highton, 1989 Mississippi slimy salamander
Plethodon montanus Highton & Peabody, 2000 Northern gray-cheeked salamander
Plethodon neomexicanus Stebbins & Riemer, 1950 Jemez mountains salamander
Plethodon nettingi Green, 1938 Cheat mountain salamander
Plethodon ocmulgee Highton, 1989 Ocmulgee slimy salamander
Plethodon ouachitae Dunn & Heinze, 1933 Rich mountain salamander
Plethodon petraeus Wynn, Highton & Jacobs, 1988 Pigeon mountain salamander
Plethodon punctatus Highton, 1972 White-spotted salamander
Plethodon richmondi Netting & Mittleman, 1938 Southern ravine salamander
Plethodon savannah Highton, 1989 Savannah slimy salamander
Plethodon sequoyah Highton, 1989 Sequoyah slimy salamander
Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944 Southern red-backed salamander
Plethodon shenandoah Highton & Worthington, 1967 Shenandoah salamander
Plethodon shermani Stejneger, 1906 Red-legged salamander
Plethodon stormi Highton & Brame, 1965 Siskiyou mountains salamander
Plethodon teyahalee Hairston, 1950 Southern appalachian salamander
Plethodon vandykei Van Denburgh, 1906 Van Dyke's salamander
Plethodon variolatus (Gilliams, 1818) South Carolina slimy salamander
Plethodon vehiculum (Cooper, 1860) Western red-backed salamander
Plethodon ventralis Highton, 1997 Southern zigzag salamander
Plethodon virginia Highton, 1999 Shenandoah mountain salamander
Plethodon websteri Highton, 1979 Webster's salamander
Plethodon wehrlei Fowler & Dunn, 1917 Wehrle's salamander
Plethodon welleri Walker, 1931 Weller's salamander
Plethodon yonahlossee Dunn, 1917 Yonahlossee salamander
Pseudoeurycea altamontana (Taylor, 1939)
Pseudoeurycea anitae Bogert, 1967
Pseudoeurycea brunnata Bumzahem & Smith, 1955
Pseudoeurycea cephalica (Cope, 1865)
Pseudoeurycea cochranae (Taylor, 1943)
Pseudoeurycea conanti Bogert, 1967
Pseudoeurycea firscheini Shannon & Werler, 1955
Pseudoeurycea galeanae (Taylor, 1941)
Pseudoeurycea goebeli (Schmidt, 1936)
Pseudoeurycea juarezi Regal, 1966
Pseudoeurycea leprosa (Cope, 1869)
Pseudoeurycea longicauda Lynch, Wake & Yang, 1983
Pseudoeurycea melanomolga (Taylor, 1941)
Pseudoeurycea mystax Bogert, 1967
Pseudoeurycea nigromaculata (Taylor, 1941)
Pseudoeurycea praecellens (Rabb, 1955)
Pseudoeurycea rex (Dunn, 1921)
Pseudoeurycea robertsi (Taylor, 1939)
Pseudoeurycea saltator Lynch & Wake, 1989
Pseudoeurycea scandens Walker, 1955
Pseudoeurycea smithi (Taylor, 1939)
Pseudoeurycea unguidentis (Taylor, 1941)
Pseudoeurycea werleri Darling & Smith, 1954
Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1850 Mud salamander
Pseudotriton ruber (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) Red salamander
Stereochilus marginatus (Hallowell, 1856) Many-lined salamander
Thorius dubitus Taylor, 1941
Thorius macdougalli Taylor, 1949
Thorius minutissimus Taylor, 1949
Thorius narisovalis Taylor, 1940
Thorius pennatulus Cope, 1869
Thorius pulmonaris Taylor, 1940
Thorius schmidti Gehlbach, 1959
Thorius troglodytes Taylor, 1941
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