Salamanders of Georgia and South Carolina
- Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted
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| The dusky salamanders (genus Desmognathus) are distributed throughout eastern North America. Most dusky salamanders are variable with regard to their coloration, and our most common species is no exception. Desmognathus fuscus is the most wide-ranging of the dusky salamanders, being found from southern Canada all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Recently the spotted dusky salamander (D. conanti) has been elevated from a subspecies of D. fuscus to a full species. Both species are abundant in stream habitats in the Piedmont and Mountains of South Carolina and Georgia. |
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Range of the Dusky Salamander in our region blue = northern dusky salamander green = spotted dusky salamander orange = intergrade zone |
Range of the Dusky Salamander in the eastern U.S.A.
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