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Amphibians of Louisiana

A grouping of all of the amphibians found in Louisiana, including historical records and introduced species. I included only subspecies that are used commonly, excluding some from this guide.

Spotted Salamander ¹
Ambystoma maculatum

Marbled Salamander ²
Ambystoma opacum

Mole Salamander ³
Ambystoma talpoideum

Small-mouthed Salamander ⁴
Ambystoma texanum

Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum

Two-toed Amphiuma ⁵
Amphiuma means

Three-toed Amphiuma ⁶
Amphiuma tridactylum

Louisiana Slimy Salamander ⁷
Plethodon kisatchie

Mississippi Slimy Salamander ⁴
Plethodon mississippi

Southern Red-backed Salamander ¹
Plethodon serratus

Webster's Salamander ⁸
Plethodon websteri

Southern Dusky Salamander ⁸
Desmognathus auriculatus

Spotted Dusky Salamander ⁸
Desmognathus conanti

Southern Two-lined Salamander ⁹
Eurycea cirrigera

Three-lined Salamander ⁶
Eurycea guttolineata

Eurycea paludicola ¹⁰

Eurycea quadridigitata ¹¹

Mud Salamander ⁸
Pseudotriton montanus

Gulf Coast Mud Salamander ¹²
Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus

Red Salamander ¹³
Pseudotriton ruber

Four-toed Salamander ¹⁴
Hemidactylium scutatum

Gulf Coast Waterdog ¹⁵
Necturus beyeri

Red River Mudpuppy ¹⁶
Necturus louisianensis

Eastern Newt ¹³
Notophthalmus viridescens

Central Newt ¹⁷
Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

Lesser Siren ¹⁸
Siren intermedia

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Amphibians of Louisiana

Spotted Salamander 1 Ambystoma maculatum

Marbled Salamander 2 Ambystoma opacum

Mole Salamander 3 Ambystoma talpoideum

Small-mouthed Salamander 4 Ambystoma texanum

Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum

Two-toed Amphiuma 5 Amphiuma means

Three-toed Amphiuma 6 Amphiuma tridactylum

Louisiana Slimy Salamander 7 Plethodon kisatchie

Mississippi Slimy Salamander 4 Plethodon mississippi

Southern Red-backed Salamander 1 Plethodon serratus

Webster's Salamander 8 Plethodon websteri

Southern Dusky Salamander 8 Desmognathus auriculatus

Spotted Dusky Salamander 8 Desmognathus conanti

Southern Two-lined Salamander 9 Eurycea cirrigera

Three-lined Salamander 6 Eurycea guttolineata

Eurycea paludicola 10

Eurycea quadridigitata 11

Mud Salamander 8 Pseudotriton montanus

Gulf Coast Mud Salamander 12 Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus

Red Salamander 13 Pseudotriton ruber

Four-toed Salamander 14 Hemidactylium scutatum

Gulf Coast Waterdog 15 Necturus beyeri

Red River Mudpuppy 16 Necturus louisianensis

Eastern Newt 13 Notophthalmus viridescens

Central Newt 17 Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

Lesser Siren 18 Siren intermedia