ACING HERP BIOS 255 SALAMANDERS EXAM WITH AN A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PLAYBOOK

ACING HERP BIOS 255 SALAMANDERS EXAM WITH AN A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PLAYBOOK

Cryptobranchidae alleganiensis
- Eastern two thirds of TN
- Hellbender
Flatted head
Fleshy fold
Keratinized toes
- Lack of external GILLS
- lateral fold
- NOT IN SEWANEE
Siren intermedia
- no hind legs
- 4 toes per foot
- less than 15"
- External gills
- NOT IN SEWANEE
Necturus maculosus
Mudpuppy
- Dark eye strip (think muddy=dark eye strip)
- caudal fin
- external gills
- stocker build (more similar to hellbender)
- no lateral fold like hellbenders
- four legs
- NOT IN SEWANEE
Notophthalmus viridescens
- Eastern Newt
- yes in sewanee
- all over TN

, Family Ambystomatidae
Mole Salamanders
Ambystoma barbouri
- dark color with lichen pattern
- not in sewanee
threatened species only found in the Nashville basin
Ambystoma texanum
- Small mouthed Salamander
- simliar to A. barbouri
Abystoma talpoideum
- Mole Salamander
- head and body very heavy
- very chunky
short and stocky
- does not occur in places with fish
- Yes in Sewanee
Ambystoma tirgrinum
- tiger salamander
yes in sewanee
- irregular light olive or yellow bars
- over TN
Ambystoma opacum
Marbled Salamander
- Black and white or grey blotches
- Sexually dimorphic
- Male=White
- Females= Grey
- yes in sewanee
- all over TN
Amphiumidae tridactylum