#aneides

[herpsandbirds]

Santa Cruz Black Salamanders (Aneides niger), family Plethodontidae, endemic to the San Francisco peninsula of California, USA

ENDANGERED.

photographs by Ryan Sikola

[cedar-glade]

Aneides aeneus

Green Sally

Eurycea lucifuga

Cave Sally

[murellow-farts]

Perhaps the real griffon mount was the friends we made along the way.

[herpsandbirds]

Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus), family Plethodontidae, West Virginia, USA

photographs by Frank Gebhard

[herpsandbirds]

Hickory Nut Gorge Green Salamander (Aneides caryaensis), family Plethodontidae, endemic to the Hickory Nut Gorge, NC, USA

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

photographs by Matt Felperin & Benjamin Genter

[herpsandbirds]

Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus), family Plethodontidae, Southeastern US

photograph by Brady O'Brien

[herpsandbirds]

Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris) bite a finger!!!, family Plethodontidae, found in California and Baja California

Arboreal, these salamanders have prehensile tails, and will use their limbs to glide or "parachute" from trees, if they need to.

They can deliver a nasty bite.

photographs by Val Johnson

[herpsandbirds]

Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus), family Plethodontidae, eastern United States

Photograph by Adrian Bara-Popa