Species
Aneides flavipunctatus (Speckled black salamander)
Aneides flavipunctatus. Photo: (c) Todd Pierson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
The black salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus), also known as the speckled black salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Amphibia (Amphibians)
- Order: Caudata (Salamanders)
- Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless salamanders)
- Subfamily: Plethodontinae (Plethodontine salamanders)
- Genus: Aneides (Climbing salamanders)
- Species: Aneides flavipunctatus (Speckled black salamander)
- Genus: Aneides (Climbing salamanders)
- Subfamily: Plethodontinae (Plethodontine salamanders)
- Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless salamanders)
- Order: Caudata (Salamanders)
- Class: Amphibia (Amphibians)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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