genus
Climbing Salamanders
Aneides
Field notes
Climbing salamanders is the common name for plethodontid (lungless) salamanders of the genus Aneides. It contains 10 species native to North America, distributed between the Pacific Coast (7 species), Sacramento Mountains (1 species), and Appalachian Mountains (2 species). As their common name suggests, most of these species have prehensile tails and are quite mobile in trees.
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- Arboreal Salamander native
- Green Salamander native
- Wandering Salamander native
- Speckled Black Salamander native
- Clouded Salamander native
- Santa Cruz Black Salamander native
- Klamath Black Salamander native
- Sacramento Mountain Salamander native
- Hickory Nut Gorge Green Salamander native
- Shasta Black Salamander native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native climbing salamanders All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Arboreal Salamander
Aneides lugubris
10,637 observations
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Green Salamander
Aneides aeneus
2,012 observations
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Wandering Salamander
Aneides vagrans
1,922 observations
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Speckled Black Salamander
Aneides flavipunctatus
1,175 observations
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Clouded Salamander
Aneides ferreus
888 observations
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Santa Cruz Black Salamander
Aneides niger
428 observations
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Klamath Black Salamander
Aneides klamathensis
360 observations
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Sacramento Mountain Salamander
Aneides hardii
213 observations
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Hickory Nut Gorge Green Salamander
Aneides caryaensis
82 observations
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Shasta Black Salamander
Aneides iecanus
78 observations