Scientific Name(s): Plethodon cheoah, Plethodon shermani
Description: These two species were formerly considered subspecies of the Jordan’s salamander (Plethodon jordani).
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Scientific Name: Ambystoma opacum
Classification: Nongame species
Abundance: Common statewide
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.)