Salamanders in North Carolina: The Unexpected Twist Everyone Missed - Away State Journal
Salamanders are numerous in North America. Here are 32 types of salamanders you may encounter with pictures for identification.
Smithsonian Magazine: Why Has This North Carolina Town Embraced a Strange Salamander?
Fox Carolina: ‘Ancient and magnificent’: Group files federal lawsuit to protect hellbender salamanders
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - In a federal lawsuit filed this week, the Center for Biological Diversity is pushing the government to strengthen protections for a rare native of western North ...
WGHP: Lawsuit filed to help protect ancient salamander native to North Carolina
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A rare salamander only found in North Carolina is one step closer to getting federal protections. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday it would consider protecting ...
Center for Biological Diversity: North Carolina Salamander Moves Toward Endangered Species Safeguards
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard -like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults.
Salamanders and newts are nocturnal and secretive animals with long slender bodies, long tails and in most cases, two pairs of legs. Their life cycles can be totally aquatic, totally terrestrial, and in between--spending time both on land and in water.
Salamanders are lizard-like amphibians with slender bodies covered by smooth, moist skin, blunt snouts, short limbs, and a tail in both adult and larval stages. They belong to the order Urodela, under the group Caudata.
