Salamanders of Prince William Forest Park
Prince William Forest Park is an oasis, a respite of quiet and calm. In 1936 Chopawamsic Recreation Area opened its gates to house children's 'relief' camps during the Great Depression. Renamed Prince William Forest Park in 1948, these fragrant woods and trickling streams have welcomed ...more ↓
marbled salamander
The marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) is a species of mole salamander found in the eastern United States.
dusky salamander
Desmognathus fuscus is an amphibian in the lungless salamander family. The species is commonly called the dusky salamander or northern dusky salamander to distinguish it from populations in the southern United States which form a separate species, the southern dusky salamander (D. auriculatus). It can be found in eastern North America from extreme eastern ...more ↓
two-lined salamander
The northern two-lined salamander (Eurycea bislineata) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family 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. It is more water-oriented than the related northern redback ...more ↓
long-tailed salamander
The long-tailed salamander, or longtail salamander,Eurycea longicauda, is a species of lungless salamander native to the Appalachian Region of the eastern United States. This is a "cave salamander" that frequents twilight zones of caves and also inhabits springs and surrounding forest. Body color varies from yellow to orange-red to red with random black spots.
Four-Toed Salamander
The Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) is a Lungless Salamander native to eastern North America. It is a species of the monotypic Hemidactylium genus. (In Francophone Canada, it is called the salamandre à quatre orteils.)
Red-backed salamander
The red back (or redback or red-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 eastern red-backed salamander or ...more ↓
White-spotted slimy salamander
The white-spotted slimy salamander (Plethodon cylindraceus) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States, where it is common in the eastern states.
Mud salamander
The mud salamander or midland mud salamander (Pseudotriton montanus diastictus) is a red salamander with black spots that inhabits swamps, bogs, and streams. It is often confused with the red salamander, but the mud salamander is distinguished by its dark eyes and short snout. It is indigenous to the eastern United States, but is currently an endangered species. ...more ↓
red salamander
The red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its skin is orange/red in color with random black spots.
Red-spotted Newt
Canada
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly ...more ↓
