Desmognathus

Dusky Salamanders
Southern Dusky Salamander, Desmognathus auriculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Plethodontidae
Subfamily:	Plethodontinae
Genus:	Desmognathus Baird, 1850
Species
See table.

Desmognathus is a genus of lungless salamanders known as dusky salamanders, ranging from Eastern USA to Southeastern Canada.

Species

This genus includes the following 21 species:

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
Desmognathus abditus Anderson & Tilley, 2003	Cumberland dusky Salamander
Desmognathus aeneus Brown & Bishop, 1947	Seepage Salamander
Desmognathus apalachicolae Means & Karlin, 1989	Apalachicola Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus auriculatus (Holbrook, 1838)	Southern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895	Ouachita Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus carolinensis Dunn, 1916	Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus conanti Rossman, 1958	Spotted Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus folkertsi Camp, Tilley, Austin & Marshall, 2002	Dwarf Blackbelly Salamander
Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)	Northern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus imitator Dunn, 1927	Imitator Salamander
Desmognathus marmoratus (Moore, 1899)	Shovelnose Salamander
Desmognathus monticola Dunn, 1916	Seal Salamander
Desmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859	Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949	Ocoee Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus orestes Tilley & Mahoney, 1996	Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus organi Crespi & Browne, 2010	Pygmy Salamander
Desmognathus planiceps Newman, 1955	Flat-headed Salamander
Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Holbrook, 1840)	Blackbelly Salamander
Desmognathus santeetlah Tilley, 1981	Santeetlah Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus welteri Barbour, 1950	Black Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus wrighti King, 1936	Pygmy Salamander

External links

• Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July 2008). Desmognathus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Desmognathus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
• Tree of Life: Desmognathus
• "Desmognathus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=173632. Retrieved 1 May 2006. 

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