Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Columbia Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri) is a charming, hyper-specialized amphibian belonging to the ancient, endemic Pacific Northwest family Rhyacotritonidae. Inhabiting cold, moss-covered gravel seepages and waterfall splash zones in old-growth coastal...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
Cope’s Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon copei) is an extraordinary, cold-stream amphibian endemic to the old-growth temperate rainforests of western Washington and Oregon. Named in honor of renowned 19th-century paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, this fascinating...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Idaho Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon aterrimus) is a massive, formidable amphibian belonging to the ancient North American family Dicamptodontidae. Restricted to the cold, snowmelt-fed mountain torrents and humid cedar forests of the northern Rocky Mountains, it is...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) is a critically endangered mole salamander found only in a handful of isolated, fire-dependent coastal plain wetlands in the Florida Panhandle and southwestern Georgia. Named for the intricate, net-like lace of...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Frosted Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) is an endangered, burrowing mole salamander endemic to the critically imperiled longleaf pine flatwoods of the southeastern United States. Named for the delicate, silvery-grey netlike or ‘frosted’...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Near Eastern Fire Salamander (Salamandra infraimmaculata) is an impressive, ancient, and brilliantly colored amphibian native to the rugged limestone mountains and Mediterranean woodlands of the Levant and southern Anatolia. Reaching lengths exceeding 30...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Shenandoah Salamander (Plethodon shenandoah) is one of the rarest, most geographically restricted, and most critically imperiled amphibians in the United States. Endemic exclusively to the rocky crests of just three mountain peaks in Shenandoah National Park along...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Patch-nosed Salamander (Urspelerpes brucei) is one of the most astonishing zoological discoveries of the 21st century. Discovered in 2007 in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in northeastern Georgia, this tiny creature represented the first new genus of...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Georgia Blind Salamander (Eurycea wallacei), formerly classified in the monotypic genus Haideotriton, is one of the rarest, most anatomically extreme, and ghostly subterranean amphibians in North America. Restricted exclusively to the flooded, pitch-black...
Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Ocoee Salamander (Desmognathus ocoee) is an abundant, semi-aquatic lungless salamander endemic to the ancient, mist-draped Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America. Belonging to the dusky salamander family Plethodontidae, this mountain dweller is celebrated...
