Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

CAUDATA — Salamanders

ESTABLISHED TAXA

Mole Salamanders — AMBYSTOMATIDAE

Western Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium Baird 1850

Small-mouthed Salamander Ambystoma texanum (Matthes 1855)

Eastern Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum (Green 1825)

Lungless Salamanders — PLETHODONTIDAE

Long-tailed Salamander Eurycea longicauda (Green 1818) — Threatened

Cave Salamander Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque 1822 — Endangered

Western Grotto Salamander Eurycea spelaea Stejneger 1892 — Endangered

Mudpuppys and Olms — PROTEIDAE

Red River Mudpuppy Necturus louisianensis Viosca, 1938

Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque 1818)

Newts — SALAMANDRIDAE

Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque 1820) — Threatened

NOT YET ESTABLISHED TAXA OF INTEREST

AMBYSTOMATIDAE — Mole Salamanders

Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) — Accidental

CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE — Giant Salamanders

Hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Daudin 1803) — Questionable

PLETHODONTIDAE — Lungless Salamanders

Oklahoma Salamander Eurycea tynerensis (Cope 1869) — Questionable

Western Slimy Salamander Plethodon albagula Grobman 1944 — Questionable

Ozark Zigzag Salamander Plethodon angusticlavius Grobman 1944 — Possible

SIRENIDAE — Sirens

Lesser Siren Siren intermedia Barnes 1826 — Accidental

EXTINCT TAXA (in prep)

AMBYSTOMATIDAE — Mole Salamanders

Hibbard's Salamander †Ambystoma hibbardi Tihen 1955

Kansas Salamander †Ambystoma kansense (Adams in Adams and Martin 1929)

Martin's Mole Salamander †Lanebatrachus martini Taylor 1941

Ogallala Mole Salamander †Ogallalabatrachus horarium Taylor 1941