Amphibians > Salamanders
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Four-toed SalamanderScientific Name: Hemidactylium scutatumCategory: AmphibiansSubcategory: SalamandersSize: Total length 6 to 10 cm (2.5 to 4 in); delicate, slender lungless salamanderWeight: 1.5 to 3.5 gLifespan: 5 to 9 years in the wildDiet:...
Amphibians > Salamanders
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Small-mouthed SalamanderScientific Name: Ambystoma texanumCategory: AmphibiansSubcategory: SalamandersSize: Total length 11 to 18 cm (4.5 to 7 in); stout body with a tiny, conical head and narrow muzzleWeight: 10 to 22 gLifespan: 10 to 15 years...
Amphibians > Salamanders
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Red-bellied NewtScientific Name: Taricha rivularisCategory: AmphibiansSubcategory: SalamandersSize: Total length 14 to 19 cm (5.5 to 7.5 in); robust, granular-skinned newtWeight: 15 to 30 gLifespan: 15 to 20+ years in the wild (some individuals...
Amphibians > Salamanders
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Ozark HellbenderScientific Name: Cryptobranchus bishopiCategory: AmphibiansSubcategory: SalamandersSize: Total length 30 to 60 cm (12 to 24 in); massive, flattened aquatic salamanderWeight: 1.0 to 2.5 kg (2.2 to 5.5 lb)Lifespan: 25 to 30+ years...
Amphibians > Salamanders
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Himalayan NewtScientific Name: Tylototriton verrucosusCategory: AmphibiansSubcategory: SalamandersSize: Total length 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 in); robust body with broad flattened headWeight: 15 to 30 gLifespan: 10 to 15 years in the wild; over 20...
Amphibians > Salamanders
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Kaiser’s Spotted NewtScientific Name: Neurergus kaiseriCategory: AmphibiansSubcategory: SalamandersSize: Total length 10 to 14 cm (the smallest species of the genus Neurergus)Weight: 6 to 10 gLifespan: 10 to 14 years in the wild; over 15...
Amphibians > Salamanders
OverviewThe Long-tailed Salamander (Eurycea longicauda) is an exceptionally slender, vibrant, and agile lungless salamander native to the karst landscapes, cool rocky streams, and deciduous forest ravines of eastern and central North America. Belonging to the family...
Amphibians > Salamanders
OverviewThe Northern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) is an abundant, ecologically foundational, and extraordinarily agile plethodontid salamander native to the cold, clean headwater streams, spring seepages, and rocky forest brooks of eastern North America....
Amphibians > Salamanders
OverviewThe Mud Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus) is a handsome, secretive, lungless salamander native to the muddy seepages, spring runs, and forested wetland floodplains of the eastern and southeastern United States. Closely related to the Red Salamander...
Amphibians > Salamanders
OverviewThe Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus) is one of the most extraordinary, specialized, and ecologically delicate plethodontid salamanders of North America. Renowned as the only member of the lungless salamander family (Plethodontidae) in the eastern United...
