Woodland Salamanders | ||||||||||||
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Salamanders of the genus Plethodon are often known as Woodland Salamanders due the their habitat, woodlands, and the fact that they have no aquatic larval stage. Eggs are laid underneath a stone or log and young hatch in the adult form.
Species in this genus include:
- Caddo Mountain Salamander (Plethodon caddoensis)
- Red Back Salamander (P. cinereus)
- Zig Zag Salamanders (P. dorsalis)
- Ozark Zig Zag Salamander (P. d. angusticlavius)
- Eastern Zig Zag Salamander (P. d. dorsalis)
- Dunn's Salamander (P. dunni)
- Del Norte Salamander (P. elongatus)
- Fourche Mountain Salamander (P. fourchensis)
- Slimy Salamanders (P. glutinosis)
- White Throated Slimy Salamander (P. g. albagula)
- Slimy Salamander (P. g. glutinosis)
- Valley and Ridge Salamander (P. hoffmani)
- Jordan's Salamander (P. jordani)
- Larch Mountain Salamander (P. larselli)
- Crevice Salamander (P. longicrus)
- Jemez Mountains Salamander (P. neomexicanus)
- Netting's Salamanders (P. nettingi)
- Peaks of Otter Salamander (P. n. hubrichti)
- Cheat Mountain Salamander (P. n. nettingi)
- Rich Mountain Salamander (P. ouachitae)
- White Spotted Salamander (P. punctatus) (not to be confused with the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum)
- Ravine Salamander (P. richmondi)
- Southern Red Back Salamander (P. serratus)
- Shenandoah Salamander (P. shenandoah)
- Siskiyou Mountain Salamander (P. stormi)
- Van Dyke's Salamanders (P. vandykei)
- Washington Salamander (P. v. idahoensis)
- Coeur D'alene Salamander (P. v. vandykei)
- Western Red Back Salamander (P. vehiculum)
- Webster's Salamander (P. websteri)
- Wehrle's Salamander (P. wehrli)
- Weller's Salamander (P. welleri)
- Yonahlossee Salamander (P. yonahlossee)