Stow, Massachusetts
Some lovely things that live in Stow.
Jefferson Salamander
The Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) is a mole salamander native to the northeastern United States, southern and central Ontario, and southwestern Quebec. It was named for Jefferson College in Pennsylvania.
Marbled Salamander
The Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) is a species of mole salamander found in the eastern United States.
Spotted Salamander
The spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) is a mole salamander common in the eastern United States and Canada.
Northern Two-lined Salamander
The Northern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is found in Canada and the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, arable land, and urban areas.
Northern Slimy Salamander
The Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) is a species of terrestrial plethodontid salamander found through much of the eastern two thirds of the United States, from New York, west to Wisconsin, south to Texas, and east to Florida, with an isolated population in southern New Hampshire. It is called slimy because it is capable of excreting a sticky glue-like ...more ↓
Eastern Red-backed Salamander
The Red Back (or Backed) Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) is a small, hardy woodland salamander. It inhabits wooded slopes in Eastern North America; west to Missouri; south to North Carolina; and north from southern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada to Minnesota. It is also known as the Northern Redback Salamander to distinguish it from the Southern Redback ...more ↓
Dusky Salamander
The dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) is an amphibian in the lungless salamander family. The species is also sometimes called the northern dusky salamander by those acknowledging that populations in the southern United States form a sepeate species, called the southern dusky salamander (Desmognathus conanti). It can be found in eastern North America ...more ↓
Spring Salamander
The Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is found in Canada and the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, inland karsts, and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Four-toed Salamander
The four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) is a lungless salamander native to eastern North America. It is a monotypic species of the Hemidactylium genus. (In Francophone Canada, it is called the salamandre àquatre orteils.)
Eastern Newt
The eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) is a common salamander of eastern North America. Eastern newts dwell in wet forests with small lakes or ponds. They may coexist in an aquatic environment with fish, because their skin secretes a poisonous substance when the newt is threatened or injured. They have a lifespan of 12 to 15 years in the wild, and may grow to 5 ...more ↓
Blue-spotted Salamander
The Blue-spotted salamander, or Ambystoma laterale, is a mole salamander native to the Great Lakes states and northeastern United States, and parts of Ontario and Quebec in Canada. Their range is known to extend to James Bay to the north, and southeastern Manitoba to the west.
