Seal salamander

Seal salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species:
D. monticola
Binomial name
Desmognathus monticola
Dunn, 1916
Synonyms
  • Desmognathus monticola jeffersoni Hoffman, 1951
  • Desmognathus monticola monticola – Hoffman, 1951
  • Desmognathus phoca — Dunn, 1923; currently synonym of Desmognathus fuscus

The seal salamander (Desmognathus monticola) is a species of lungless salamander that is endemic to the Eastern United States.

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