Topics Related to Amphibians - Salamanders

Cheoah Bald and Red-Legged Salamanders

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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Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamander

Scientific Name: Eurycea wilderae

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Black-Bellied Salamander

Scientific Name: Desmognathus quadromaculatus

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Spotted Salamander

Scientific Name: Ambystoma maculatum

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Mole Salamander

Scientific Name: Ambystoma talpoideum

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Marbled Salamander

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

Mabee’s Salamander

Scientific Name: Ambystoma mabeei

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Eastern Tiger Salamander

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)

Eastern Newt

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.)

Lesser Siren

Scientific Name: Siren intermedia

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