Speckled black salamander

For another species sometimes known as the black salamander, see Pseudoeurycea melanomolga.

Speckled black salamander
Speckled black salamander mother and young
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
Genus: Aneides
Species:
A. flavipunctatus
Binomial name
Aneides flavipunctatus
(Strauch, 1870)
Synonyms[2]
  • Plethodon flavipunctatus Strauch, 1870

The speckled black salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus), previously known as just the black salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the U.S. state of California.[2] Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Aneides flavipunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T77855799A77855696. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).