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51 Cards in this Set

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-Ravine Salamander
-Species: Plethodon richmondi
-Family: Plethodontidae
-Tail half as long as body
-Looks like: northern/southern zigzag or red back
Mountain Dusky Salamander
Species: Desmognathus ochrophaeus
Family: Plethodontidae
-more terrestrial than look-alikes ???????
-looks similar to desmognathus fuscus/imitator/apalachicola
Northern Dusky Salamander
Species: Desmognathus fuscus
Family: Plethodontidae
-mottled belly/chin
-similar to: Desmognathus monticola/ochrophaeus
Seal Salamander
Species: Desmognathus monticola
Family: Plethodontidae
-plain belly & chin
-similar to: Desmognathus ochrophaeus/fuscus/apalachicola
Who's who, and why?
Who's who, and why?
Left: Northern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus fuscus
Mottled belly and chin

Right: Seal Salamander
Desmognathus monticola
Plain belly and chin
Midland Mud Salamander
Pseudotriton montanus
Plethodontidae
-brown eyes, short snout
-similar to: kentucky spring salamander
Four-toed Salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum
Plethodontidae
Kentucky Spring Salamander
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
Family Plethodontidae
-white line from eye to nostril, bordered below by black or dark brown line.
-Wood Frog
-Lithobates sylvatica
-Ranidae
-"Robber Mask"
Northern Red Salamander
Pseudotriton ruber
Family Plethodontidae
-Has gold eyes
-similar to midland/kentucky spring
Green Salamander
Aneides aeneus
Family Plethodontidae
Cumberland Plateau Salamander
Plethodon kentucki
-small dots on the back, that get bigger on the side, light chin
-similar to: slimy
Southern Two-Lined Salamander
Eurycea cirrigera
Plethodontidae
-15 to 16 costal grooves
*could be either north/south in pic
-similar to: three-lined salamander
northern two-lined
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Eurycea bislineata
plethodontidae
-14 costal grooves
similar to: three lined / nothern two lined
Red Back Salamander
Plethdon cinereus
plethodontidae
-similar to zigzags/ravine
Northern Zigzag Salamander
Plethodon dorsalis
or
Southern Zigzag Salamander
Plethodon ventralis
(identical)
Three-Lined Salamander
Eurycea guttolineata
plethondtidae
Black Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus welteri
Plethodontidae
-has toenails
-similar to: Mountain Dusky Salamander
Northern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus fuscus
Seal Salamander
Cave Salamander
Eurycea lucifuga
plethodontidae
-spotted tail
-similar to long-tailed
Long-Tailed Salamander
Eurycea longicauda
plethondtidae
-bars on the tail
-similar to cave salamander
Wehrle’s Salamander
Plethodon wehrlei
-spots only on the side and are yellow
-similar to cumberland/slimy
Northern Slimy Salamander
Plethodon glutinosus
largish, frequent spots
Pickerel Frog
Species: Lithobates palustris
Family: Ranidae
-little, w/ Spots occurring in two adjacent rows of rectangles, between dorsolateral ridges, also have yellow bellies
-Similar to Lithobates pipiens/sphenocephalus (leapord frogs)
Northern Leopard Frog
Species: Lithobates pipiens
Family: Ranidae
-large dark spot on the center of the snout
-similar to: Lithobates sphenocephalus/palustris
Southern Leopard Frog
Species: Lithobates sphenocephalus
Family: Ranidae
-White spot in center of the tympanum
-looks like: pickerel/northern leopard frog
Bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus
Ranidae
-odd dorsal lateral fold/ big tempanum
Who's belly is this?
Who's belly is this?
Pickerel frog
they have yellow venters
Crawfish Frog
Lithobates areolatus
Family Ranidae
-spots have light borders
-white belly, and stocky build
-looks like :leopards/pickerels
Green frog
lithobates clamitans
ranidae
Fowler's toad
Anaxyrus fowleri
Bufonidae
-white belly
-similar to: American toad
American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus
Bufonidae
-spotted belly
similar to: fowlers toad
Eastern Spadefoot Toad
Scaphiopus holbrookii
Scaphiopodidae
-not a toad
-Yellow eyes with cat like pupils
-Spade present on hind limb
Top:
Streamside Salamander
Ambystoma barbouri
Ambstomatidae
-23 chromosomes
-found around here

Bottom:
Small Mouthed salamander
Ambystoma texanum
Ambystomatidae
-21 chromosomes
-Not found here
Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum
Ambystomatidae
Jefferson Salamander
Ambystoma jeffersonianum
Ambystomatidae
-Dark brown or gray to black with blue flecks on lower sides and limbs and pale belly
*???
Eastern Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum
Ambystomatidae
Marbled Salamander
Ambystoma opacum
Ambystomatidae
Mole Salamander
Ambystoma talpoideum
Ambystomatidae
Red-Spotted Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens
Salamandridae
Left: Juvenile
Right: adult
Mudpuppy
Necturus maculosus
Proteidae
Hellbender
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Cryptobranchus
Western Lesser Siren
Siren intermedia
Sirenidae
Three-Toed Amphiuma
Amphiuma tridactylum
similar to: Two-Toed Amphiuma
Spring Peeper
Pseudacris crucifer
Hylidae
-has cross on back
-similar to: Blanchard’s Cricket Frog
Upland Chorus Frog
Mountain Chorus Frog
Barking Tree Frog
Hyla gratiosa
Hylidae
Cope’s Gray or Gray Treefrog
Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor
(only difference is call)
Mountain Chorus Frog
Pseudacris brachyphona
Hylidae
ugly call
Upland Chorus Frog
Pseudacris feriarum
Hylidae
pretty call
Blanchard’s Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans blanchardi
Hylidae
-green, tan, black or reddish blotches on the back.
Bird-Voiced Treefrog
Hyla avivoca
-green back
Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Microhylidae
similar to: Great Plains Narrow-Mouthed Toad
Sheep Frog
(neither found in ky)