Four-toed Salamander

Amphibians > Salamanders

The Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) is a jewel-like, secretive woodland lungless salamander native to the ancient sphagnum bogs and seepage forests of eastern North America. The sole living member of its genus, this miniature amphibian is immediately...

Northern Dwarf Siren

Amphibians > Sirens

The Northern Dwarf Siren (Pseudobranchus striatus) is a miniature, eel-like aquatic salamander native to the lush, mossy wetlands of the American Southeast. An evolutionary enigma that possesses only two tiny front legs and completely lacks hind limbs, this...

Gulf Coast Waterdog

Amphibians > Giant Salamanders

The Gulf Coast Waterdog (Necturus beyeri) is a completely aquatic, permanently paedomorphic salamander endemic to the winding, pine-forested coastal streams of the Gulf of Mexico basin. Retaining its dramatic, bushy maroon external gills throughout its entire adult...

Shenandoah Salamander

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...

Patch-nosed Salamander

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...