Crenicichla celidochilus

Crenicichla celidochilus

Desmognathus quadramaculatus, Blackbelly Salamander

This is one of the lighter ones I've caught, usually they are a little darker in North Carolina with a chestnut pattern over a dark dorsum, but this guy has a lighter coloration that blends in nicely with the lichens on the stone. It was about 14cm. 

Juvenile coloration and patterning, at 6cm.

Eurycea wilderae (Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander

The variation of Desmognathus ochrophaeus (Mountain Dusky Salamander)

All sympatric forms of Desmognathus ochrophaeus in western North Carolina. 

Defining characters:

-naso-labial groove

-hind legs larger than front

-band running from posterior of eye to posterior of jaw

-round tail

 

Dark-bellied form

Dark bellied with orange tail (juvenile)
dark bellied with orange tail (adult)

Red-backed form

Mottled form

Pale form


Larval pattern

Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Black-bellied Salamander)

Plethodon jordani (Metcalf variation)

More Salamanders

Northern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus)

Northern Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata)