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Caudata Hibernacula CAUDATA HIBERNACULA - Does the species hibernate in an aquatic or terrestrial habitat? Species Common Name Hibernacula Cryptobranchidae Giant Salamander Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis Eastern Hellbender Unk Sirenidae Sirens Siren i. intermedia Eastern Lesser Siren A (Cagle and Smith 1939) Siren lacertina Greater Siren Unk Amphiumidae Congo Eels Amphiuma means Two-toed Amphiuma Unk Proteidae Waterdogs Necturus m. maculosus Common Mudpuppy Unk-- Petranka (1998) mentions two references where mudpuppies seen active in winter Necturus punctatus Dwarf Waterdog Unk Salamandridae True Salamanders Notophthalmus v. viridescens Red-spotted Newt T (Hurlbert 1969) Ambystomatidae Mole Salamanders Ambystoma barbouri Streamside Salamander T (Pauley pers. comm.) Ambystoma jeffersonianum Jefferson Salamander T (Pauley pers. comm.) Ambystoma laterale Blue-spotted Salamander T (Storey and Storey 1986) Ambystoma mabeei Mabee's Salamander T (Pauley pers. comm.) Ambystoma maculatum Spotted Salamander T (Pauley pers. comm.) Ambystoma opacum Marbled Salamander T (Douglas and Monroe 1981) Ambystoma talpoideum Mole Salamander T (Pauley pers. comm.) Ambystoma texanum Small-mouthed Salamander T (Pauley pers. comm.) Ambystoma t. tigrinum Eastern Tiger Salamander T (Pauley pers. comm.) Plethodontidae Lungless Salamanders Aneides aeneus Green Salamander T Desmognathus auriculatus Southern Dusky Salamander Desmognathus f. fuscus Northern Dusky Salamander T (Ashton 1975) Desmognathus marmoratus Shovel-nosed Salamander Unk Desmognathus monticola Seal Salamander Unk Desmognathus ochrophaeus Allegheny Mountain Dusky Unk Salamander Desmognathus orestes Blue Ridge Dusky Unk Salamander Desmognathus quadramaculatus Black-bellied Salamander Unk Desmognathus welteri Black Mountain Salamander Unk Desmognathus wrighti Pygmy Salamander Unk Eurycea bislineata Northern Two-lined A Salamander Eurycea cirrigera Southern Two-lined A Salamander Eurycea guttolineata Three-lined Salamander A Eurycea l. longicauda Long-tailed Salamander A Eurycea lucifuga Cave Salamander C (Hutchinson 1958) Eurycea wilderae Blue Ridge Two-lined A Salamander* filled in with same info as E. bislineata and E. cirrigera because recently split and little new info. specifically for this sp. Gyrinophilus p. duryi Kentucky Spring Salamander A Gyrinophilus p. porphyriticus Northern Spring Salamander A Gyrinophilus subterraneus West VA Spring Salamander A Hemidactylium scutatum Four-toed Salamander T (some) (Blanchard 1933) Plethodon chlorobryonis Atlantic Coast Slimy Unk Salamander Plethodon cinereus Eastern Red-backed T (Petranka 1998) Salamander Plethodon cylindraceus White-spotted Slimy Unk Salamander Plethodon electromorphus Northern Ravine Salamander T (Jewell and Pauley 1995) Plethodon g. glutinosus Northern Slimy Salamander T (Petranka 1998) Plethodon hoffmani Valley and Ridge Salamander T (Petranka 1998) Plethodon hubrichti Peaks of Otter Salamander Unk Plethodon jordani Jordan's Salamander T (Petranka 1998) Plethodon kentucki Cumberland Plateau T (Petranka 1998) Salamander Plethodon nettingi Cheat Mountain Salamander Unk Plethodon punctatus Cow Knob Salamander Unk Plethodon richmondi Ravine Salamander Unk Plethodon shenandoah Shenandoah Salamander Unk Plethodon ventralis Southern Zigzag Salamander Unk Plethodon virginia Shenandoah Mountain Unk Salamander Plethodon wehrlei Wehrle's Salamander Unk Plethodon welleri Weller's Salamander Unk Plethodon yonahlossee Yonahlossee Salamander Unk Pseudotriton m. montanus Eastern Mud Salamander A (Petranka 1998) Pseudotriton m. diastictus Midland Mud Salamander Unk Pseudotriton r. ruber Northern Red Salamander A (Bishop 1925) Pseudotriton r. nitidus Blue Ridge Red Salamander Unk Stereochilus marginatus Many-lined Salamander Unk Hibernacula Codes: A = aquatic, C = cave, T = terrestrial, AT = aquatic and terrestrial, Unk = unknown.
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