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Exam 2 LA Salamanders
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- 1St. Tammy Parish Swamp margins Crest of tail usually has pale orange stripe Whitish/reddish spots (small) Venter sprinkled with white dots Tail stout at base, compressed posteriorly, knife edged dorsally Species of concernDesmognathus auriculatus
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Southern Dusky Salamander - 2Florida Parishes, W and N patches Closed-canopy forests Tail compressed and dorsally knife-edged Crest of tail bears orange stripe, broad at base with wavy margins Golden/reddish spots If spots form a band, has dark marginsDesmognathus conanti
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Spotted Dusky Salamander
- 3Central LA; fragmented Pine habitats Middorsal stripe with serrated edges Stripe orange to reddish Species of concernPlethodon serratus
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Southern Red-backed Salamander
- 4Disjunct dist; one locality in E LA Light dorsal stripe with zigzag edges Venter mottled with red/orange pigment Conservation concernPlethodon websteri
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Webster's Salamander
- 5Kisatchie forests; Florida Parishes Speckled white spots (visible on sides of specimens) Venter not/sparsely spotted Sticky Circular tailPlethodon kisatchie/mississippi
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Louisiana/Mississippi Slimy Salamander
- 6Isolated pop. in LA Gum ponds & moss beds Four toes on all limbs Constricted base of tail Venter white with black spotsHemidactylium scutatum
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Four-toed Salamander
- 7Washington and St. Tammy Parish Forested bogs Snout short and convex Tail short Dorsum reddish with black spots Venter pink and unspottedPseudotriton montanus
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Mud Salamander
- 8Washington Parish Springs and seeps Robust Short tail Dorsum with blue-black spots (appear red on specimen) Venter speckledPseudotriton ruber
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Red Salamander
- 9Florida Parishes Upland forests Dark stripe from eye onto tail on both sides of body Dorsum with dark specks Lower sides have row of circular light spotsEurycea cirrigera
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Southern Two-lines Salamander
- 10E LA Up & Low land forests Long tail Dark middorsal stripe and black bands on either sideEurycea guttolineata
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Three-lined Salamander
- 11Statewide Forests Tiny Four toes on hind feet Broad tan band down tail with thin dark dorsolateral stripeEurycea quadridigitata
(Family: Plethodontidae)
Common Name: Dwarf Salamander
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- Herpetology Spring 2020 Flashcards on Exam 2 LA Salamanders, created by Emilie Broussard on 15/02/2020.
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