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Apalachicola Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus apalachicolae)STATUS





Description: A small (to 4 inches), stocky, generally brownish to gray, semi aquatic salamander with highly variable pattern. Usually 5 to 7 pairs of light, rounded, dark-edged and often coalescing blotches on the back, although old males are uniformly brown; belly light but with traces of dark pigment. Hind legs larger than front; light diagonal line below each eye. Tail comprising more than half of total length and round in cross-section, though flattens from side to side posteriorly to a filament-like tip. Larvae with tiny silvery gills and bright dorsal blotches.


Habitat: Its natural habitats are temperate forests, intermittent rivers, and freshwater springs.


Range: The species is endemic to Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, in the Southeastern United States.


Found in these States: AL | FL | GA


Diet: Invertivore


Reproduction: Reproduction is semi-aquatic. Adults lay eggs on land near water and brood them. Eggs hatch and larvae are aquatic.


Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its relatively wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification and presumed large population.


Taxonomy:

»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
   »» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
     »» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
       »» Class: Amphibia - (Amphibians)
         »» Order: Caudata - Salamanders
               »» Family: Plethodontidae - Lungless Salamanders
                 »» Subfamily: Plethodontinae
                   »» Genus: Desmognathus
                     »» Species: Desmognathus apalachicolae - Apalachicola Dusky Salamander

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