Salamanders

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View down the stream at McCormick's Creek, Indiana's oldest state park. The creek was a bi

FIELD GUIDES

Salamanders

Blue Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma laterale

4 – 5 ½ inches

Species of Special Concern

Green Salamander

Aneides aeneus

3¼ – 5 inches

Endangered

Longtail Salamander

Eurcyea l. longicauda

4 – 6 inches

Common

Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus

8 - 14 inches

Unknown, uncommon

Northern Slimy Salamander

Plethodon glutinosus

5 – 7 inches

Common

Redback Salamander

Plethodon cinerieus

2 ½ – 4 inches

Common

Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

4 3/8 - 7 inches

Common

Western Lesser Siren

Siren intermedia nettingi

7 – 27 inches

Uncommon

Cave Salamander

Eurycea lucifuga

4 – 6 inches

Somewhat common

Hellbender

Cryptobranchus a.alleganiensis

11 – 25 inches

Endangered

Marbled Salamander

Ambystoma opacum

3 ½ – 4 inches

Common

Northern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus f. fuscus

2 ½ – 4 inches

Common

Ravine Salamander

Plethodon richmondi

3 – 4 ½ inches

Common

Smallmouth Salamander

Ambystoma texanum

4 – 5 ½ inches

Common

Streamside Salamander

Ambystoma barbouri

4 – 5 ½ inches

Species of Special Concern

Zigzag Salamander

Plethodon d. dorsalis

2 ½ – 4 inches

Common

Four-toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

2 - 3 ½ inches

Common

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

6 - 8 inches

Common

Mole Salamander

Ambystoma talpoideum

3 – 3 ½ inches

Endangered

Northern Red Salamander

Pseudotriton ruber

4 – 5 ½ inches

Endangered

Red-spotted Newt

Notophthalmus v. viridescens

3 – 4 inches

Common

Southern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea cirrigera

2 ½ – 3 ¼ inches

Common

Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma t. tigrinum

7 – 9 inches

Common

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