This is a list of amphibians native to the state of Virginia. Species which are endemic to Virginia are bolded.
Name | Species / Subspecies | Family | Conservation status | |
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IUCN Red List | State ( NatureServe) | |||
American toad | Anaxyrus americanus americanus | Bufonidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Fowler's toad | Anaxyrus fowleri | Bufonidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Oak toad | Anaxyrus quercicus | Bufonidae |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
Southern toad | Anaxyrus terrestris | Bufonidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Eastern cricket frog | Acris crepitans crepitans | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Southern cricket frog | Acris gryllus | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Cope's gray tree frog | Dryophrytes chrysoscelis | Hylidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Green tree frog | Dryophrytes cinereus | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Pine woods tree frog | Dryophrytes femoralis | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Barking tree frog | Dryophrytes gratiosus | Hylidae |
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Imperiled (S2) |
Squirrel tree frog | Dryophrytes squirellus | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Gray tree frog | Dryophrytes versicolor | Hylidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Appalachian mountain chorus frog | Pseudacris brachyphona | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Brimley's chorus frog | Pseudacris brimleyi | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Spring peeper | Pseudacris crucifer | Hylidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Upland chorus frog | Pseudacris feriarum | Hylidae |
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Secure (S5) |
New Jersey chorus frog | Pseudacris kalmi | Hylidae |
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Southern chorus frog | Pseudacris nigrita | Hylidae |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
Little grass frog | Pseudacris ocularis | Hylidae |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
Eastern narrow-mouthed toad | Gastrophryne carolinensis | Microhylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
American bullfrog | Lithobates catesbeianus | Ranidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Northern green frog | Lithobates clamitans melanota | Ranidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Atlantic coast leopard frog | Lithobates kauffeldi | Ranidae |
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Pickerel frog | Lithobates palustris | Ranidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Southern leopard frog | Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius | Ranidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Wood frog | Lithobates sylvaticus | Ranidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Carpenter frog | Lithobates virgatipes | Ranidae |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
Eastern spadefoot toad | Scaphiopus holbrooki | Scaphiopodidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Name | Species / Subspecies | Conservation status | |||
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IUCN Red List | Federal ( ESA) | State (Virginia DWR) | State ( NatureServe) | ||
Green salamander | Aneides aeneus |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Holbrook's southern dusky salamander | Desmognathus auriculatus |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Northern dusky salamander | Desmognathus fuscus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Kanawha black-bellied salamander | Desmognathus kanawha | ||||
Shovel-nosed salamander | Desmognathus marmoratus |
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Critically Imperiled (S1) | ||
Pisgah black-bellied salamander | Desmognathus mavrokoilius | ||||
Seal salamander | Desmognathus monticola |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander | Desmognathus ochrophaeus |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Blue Ridge dusky salamander | Desmognathus orestes |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Northern pygmy salamander | Desmognathus organi |
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Imperiled (S2) | ||
Flat-headed salamander | Desmognathus planiceps |
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Vulnerable (G3) | ||
Black Mountain dusky salamander | Desmognathus welteri |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Northern two-lined salamander | Eurycea bislineata |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Southern two-lined salamander | Eurycea cirrigera |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Three-lined salamander | Eurycea guttolineata |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Eastern long-tailed salamander | Eurycea longicauda longicauda |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Cave salamander | Eurycea lucifuga |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Blue Ridge two-lined salamander | Eurycea wilderae |
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Imperiled (S2) | ||
Spring salamander | Gyrinophilus porphyriticus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Four-toed salamander | Hemidactylium scutatum |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Atlantic Coast slimy salamander | Plethodon chlorobryonis |
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Eastern red-backed salamander | Plethodon cinereus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
White-spotted slimy salamander | Plethodon cylindraceus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Dixie Caverns salamander | Plethodon dixi |
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Critically Imperiled (G1) | ||
Northern slimy salamander | Plethodon glutinosus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Valley and ridge salamander | Plethodon hoffmani |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Peaks of Otter salamander | Plethodon hubrichti |
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Imperiled (G2) | ||
Blacksburg salamander | Plethodon jacksoni |
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Cumberland Plateau salamander | Plethodon kentucki |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Northern gray-cheeked salamander | Plethodon montanus |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Cow Knob salamander | Plethodon punctatus |
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Imperiled (S2) | ||
Southern ravine salamander | Plethodon richmondi |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Shenandoah salamander | Plethodon shenandoah |
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Endangered | State Endangered | Critically Imperiled (G1) |
Big Levels salamander | Plethodon sherando |
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Imperiled (G2) | ||
Southern zigzag salamander | Plethodon ventralis |
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Critically Imperiled (S1) | ||
Shenandoah Mountain salamander | Plethodon virginia |
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Imperiled (S2) | ||
Wehrle's salamander | Plethodon wehrlei |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Weller's salamander | Plethodon welleri |
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Imperiled (S2) | ||
Yonahlossee salamander | Plethodon yonahlossee |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Mud salamander | Pseudotriton montanus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Red salamander | Pseudotriton ruber |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Many-lined salamander | Stereochilus marginatus |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
Name | Species / Subspecies | Family | Conservation status | ||
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IUCN Red List | State (Virginia DWR) | State ( NatureServe) | |||
Jefferson salamander | Ambystoma jeffersonianum | Ambystomatidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | |
Mabee's salamander | Ambystoma mabeei | Ambystomatidae |
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State Threatened | Critically Imperiled (S1) |
Spotted salamander | Ambystoma maculatum | Ambystomatidae |
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Secure (S5) | |
Marbled salamander | Ambystoma opacum | Ambystomatidae |
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Secure (S5) | |
Mole salamander | Ambystoma talpoideum | Ambystomatidae |
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Imperiled (S2) | |
Eastern tiger salamander | Ambystoma tigrinum | Ambystomatidae |
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State Endangered | Critically Imperiled (S1) |
Two-toed amphiuma | Amphiuma means | Amphiumidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | |
Eastern hellbender | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis | Cryptobranchidae |
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Imperiled (S2) | |
Common mudpuppy | Necturus maculosus maculosus | Proteidae |
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Imperiled (S2) | |
Dwarf waterdog | Necturus punctatus | Proteidae |
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Imperiled (S2) | |
Red-spotted newt | Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens | Salamandridae |
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Secure (S5) | |
Eastern lesser siren | Siren intermedia intermedia | Sirenidae |
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Greater siren | Siren lacertina | Sirenidae |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
This is a list of amphibians native to the state of Virginia. Species which are endemic to Virginia are bolded.
Name | Species / Subspecies | Family | Conservation status | |
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IUCN Red List | State ( NatureServe) | |||
American toad | Anaxyrus americanus americanus | Bufonidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Fowler's toad | Anaxyrus fowleri | Bufonidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Oak toad | Anaxyrus quercicus | Bufonidae |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
Southern toad | Anaxyrus terrestris | Bufonidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Eastern cricket frog | Acris crepitans crepitans | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Southern cricket frog | Acris gryllus | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Cope's gray tree frog | Dryophrytes chrysoscelis | Hylidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Green tree frog | Dryophrytes cinereus | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Pine woods tree frog | Dryophrytes femoralis | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Barking tree frog | Dryophrytes gratiosus | Hylidae |
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Imperiled (S2) |
Squirrel tree frog | Dryophrytes squirellus | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Gray tree frog | Dryophrytes versicolor | Hylidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Appalachian mountain chorus frog | Pseudacris brachyphona | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Brimley's chorus frog | Pseudacris brimleyi | Hylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Spring peeper | Pseudacris crucifer | Hylidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Upland chorus frog | Pseudacris feriarum | Hylidae |
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Secure (S5) |
New Jersey chorus frog | Pseudacris kalmi | Hylidae |
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Southern chorus frog | Pseudacris nigrita | Hylidae |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
Little grass frog | Pseudacris ocularis | Hylidae |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
Eastern narrow-mouthed toad | Gastrophryne carolinensis | Microhylidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
American bullfrog | Lithobates catesbeianus | Ranidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Northern green frog | Lithobates clamitans melanota | Ranidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Atlantic coast leopard frog | Lithobates kauffeldi | Ranidae |
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Pickerel frog | Lithobates palustris | Ranidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Southern leopard frog | Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius | Ranidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Wood frog | Lithobates sylvaticus | Ranidae |
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Secure (S5) |
Carpenter frog | Lithobates virgatipes | Ranidae |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
Eastern spadefoot toad | Scaphiopus holbrooki | Scaphiopodidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) |
Name | Species / Subspecies | Conservation status | |||
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IUCN Red List | Federal ( ESA) | State (Virginia DWR) | State ( NatureServe) | ||
Green salamander | Aneides aeneus |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Holbrook's southern dusky salamander | Desmognathus auriculatus |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Northern dusky salamander | Desmognathus fuscus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Kanawha black-bellied salamander | Desmognathus kanawha | ||||
Shovel-nosed salamander | Desmognathus marmoratus |
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Critically Imperiled (S1) | ||
Pisgah black-bellied salamander | Desmognathus mavrokoilius | ||||
Seal salamander | Desmognathus monticola |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander | Desmognathus ochrophaeus |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Blue Ridge dusky salamander | Desmognathus orestes |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Northern pygmy salamander | Desmognathus organi |
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Imperiled (S2) | ||
Flat-headed salamander | Desmognathus planiceps |
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Vulnerable (G3) | ||
Black Mountain dusky salamander | Desmognathus welteri |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Northern two-lined salamander | Eurycea bislineata |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Southern two-lined salamander | Eurycea cirrigera |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Three-lined salamander | Eurycea guttolineata |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Eastern long-tailed salamander | Eurycea longicauda longicauda |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Cave salamander | Eurycea lucifuga |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Blue Ridge two-lined salamander | Eurycea wilderae |
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Imperiled (S2) | ||
Spring salamander | Gyrinophilus porphyriticus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Four-toed salamander | Hemidactylium scutatum |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Atlantic Coast slimy salamander | Plethodon chlorobryonis |
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Eastern red-backed salamander | Plethodon cinereus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
White-spotted slimy salamander | Plethodon cylindraceus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Dixie Caverns salamander | Plethodon dixi |
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Critically Imperiled (G1) | ||
Northern slimy salamander | Plethodon glutinosus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Valley and ridge salamander | Plethodon hoffmani |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Peaks of Otter salamander | Plethodon hubrichti |
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Imperiled (G2) | ||
Blacksburg salamander | Plethodon jacksoni |
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Cumberland Plateau salamander | Plethodon kentucki |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Northern gray-cheeked salamander | Plethodon montanus |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Cow Knob salamander | Plethodon punctatus |
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Imperiled (S2) | ||
Southern ravine salamander | Plethodon richmondi |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Shenandoah salamander | Plethodon shenandoah |
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Endangered | State Endangered | Critically Imperiled (G1) |
Big Levels salamander | Plethodon sherando |
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Imperiled (G2) | ||
Southern zigzag salamander | Plethodon ventralis |
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Critically Imperiled (S1) | ||
Shenandoah Mountain salamander | Plethodon virginia |
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Imperiled (S2) | ||
Wehrle's salamander | Plethodon wehrlei |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Weller's salamander | Plethodon welleri |
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Imperiled (S2) | ||
Yonahlossee salamander | Plethodon yonahlossee |
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Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Mud salamander | Pseudotriton montanus |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Red salamander | Pseudotriton ruber |
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Secure (S5) | ||
Many-lined salamander | Stereochilus marginatus |
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Vulnerable (S3) |
Name | Species / Subspecies | Family | Conservation status | ||
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IUCN Red List | State (Virginia DWR) | State ( NatureServe) | |||
Jefferson salamander | Ambystoma jeffersonianum | Ambystomatidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | |
Mabee's salamander | Ambystoma mabeei | Ambystomatidae |
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State Threatened | Critically Imperiled (S1) |
Spotted salamander | Ambystoma maculatum | Ambystomatidae |
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Secure (S5) | |
Marbled salamander | Ambystoma opacum | Ambystomatidae |
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Secure (S5) | |
Mole salamander | Ambystoma talpoideum | Ambystomatidae |
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Imperiled (S2) | |
Eastern tiger salamander | Ambystoma tigrinum | Ambystomatidae |
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State Endangered | Critically Imperiled (S1) |
Two-toed amphiuma | Amphiuma means | Amphiumidae |
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Apparently Secure (S4) | |
Eastern hellbender | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis | Cryptobranchidae |
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Imperiled (S2) | |
Common mudpuppy | Necturus maculosus maculosus | Proteidae |
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Imperiled (S2) | |
Dwarf waterdog | Necturus punctatus | Proteidae |
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Imperiled (S2) | |
Red-spotted newt | Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens | Salamandridae |
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Secure (S5) | |
Eastern lesser siren | Siren intermedia intermedia | Sirenidae |
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Greater siren | Siren lacertina | Sirenidae |
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Vulnerable (S3) |