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Abbreviation Legend

  • (CE) - Criticially Endangered
  • (CI) - Critically Imperiled
  • (E) - Endangered
  • (I) - Introduced
  • (IM) - Imperiled
  • (NT) - Near Threatened
  • (T) - Threatened
  • (V) - Vulnerable
  • (**) - Recent Classification Change
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Salamanders & Newts of Kentucky

Salamanders & Newts of Kentucky Page 1 of 2


There are 38 species/subspecies, representing 13 genus found in Kentucky all of which are native to the United States.



(NT)

Streamside Salamander
(Ambystoma barbouri)

Jefferson's Salamander
(Ambystoma jeffersonianum)

Spotted Salamander
(Ambystoma maculatum)

Marbled Salamander
(Ambystoma opacum)

Mole Salamanader
(Ambystoma talpoideum)

Small-Mouthed Salamander
(Ambystoma texanum)

Tiger Salamander
(Ambystoma tigrinum)

Three-Toed Amphiuma
(Amphiuma tridactylum)
(NT)

Green Salamander
(Aneides aeneus)
(IM)

Eastern Hellbender
(Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)

Spotted Dusky Salamander
(Desmognathus conanti)

Northern Dusky Salamander
(Desmognathus fuscus)

Seal Salamander
(Desmognathus monticola)

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
(Desmognathus ochrophaeus)

Black Mountain Salamander
(Desmognathus welteri)
(**)

Southern Two-Lined Salamander
(Eurycea cirrigera)

Three-Lined Salamander
(Eurycea guttolineata)

Eastern Long-Tailed Salamander
(Eurycea longicauda longicauda)

Cave Salamander
(Eurycea lucifuga)

Kentucky Spring Salamander
(Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi)

Northern Spring Salamander
(Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus)

Four-Toed Salamander
(Hemidacylium scutatum)

Mudpuppy
(Necturus maculosus)

Central Newt
(Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis)

Red-Spotted Newt
(Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens)

Northern Zigzag Salamander
(Plethodon dorsalis)

Northern Ravine Salamander
(Plethodon electromorphus)

Northern Slimy Salamander
(Plethodon glutinosus)

Cumberland Plateau Salamander
(Plethodon kentucki)

Mississippi Slimy Salamander
(Plethodon mississippi)
 

 

 

 

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