Four-toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

Four-toed Salamander

Four-toed Salamander © Solon Morse

Order Caudata: Salamanders

Family Plethodontidae: Lungless Salamanders


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Four-toed Salamander

Adults: The Four-toed Salamander is a small species. It is reddish brown dorsally with bright reddish orange limbs and grayish side. The back and sides show brown maculations, and the belly is enamel white with irregular black blotches. It has four toes on the front and rear feet and the tail bears a constriction at its base.