up to the area of the dorsal band 



Plethodon dunni Bishop Dunn's Salamander 

 With five or six costal grooves between appressed toes; sides less mottled 

 toward the region of the dorsal band, which may be obscured 

 Plethodon vehiculum (Cooper) Western Red'backed 



Salamander 

 (Plethodon mtermedius Baird) 



52. With five or more costal grooves between appressed toes; costal grooves 



between fore and hind limb 16 to 19 53. 



With four or less costal grooves between appressed toes; costal grooves 



between fore and hind limb 13 to 16 55. 



53. Usually with a brownish mid-dorsal band; Cal. and Oregon 



Plethodon elongatus Van Denburgh California Plethodon 

 Back uniformly dark; eastern states 54. 



54. Costal grooves 17 to 19; belly dark gray; sides with yellowish flecks; W. 



Virginia 



Plethodon nettingi Green West Virginia Plethodon 

 Costal groves 16 or 17; belly light gray; sides with whitish spots and 

 streaks; N. Y. to Ohio and W. Virginia 



Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn Wehrle's Salamander 



55. With a well defined yellowish or reddish mid-dorsal band or with a 



white stripe along each side or with two rows of red spots dorsally 56. 



Not so; sometimes with frosting or blotches concentrated in a mid-dorsal 



band with indefinite edges 59. 



56. With 13 or 14 costal grooves; dorsal band yellowish 57. 

 With 15 to 17 costal grooves; dorsal band reddish-brown 58. 



57. Belly light colored; Washington 



Plethodon vandy\ei Van Denburgh Van Dyke's Salamander 

 Belly dark colored; Idaho, Coeur d'Alene Lake 



Plethodon idahoensis Slater and Slipp Idaho Plethodon 



58. Belly light, somewhat blotched; back sometimes with two rows of red 



spots; mountains of N. C. and Virginia 



Plethodon yonahlossee Dunn Yonahlossee Salamander 

 Belly dark, like the back; with a white stripe along each side; Ark. and 

 Okla. 



Plethodon ouachitae Dunn and Heintze Ouachita Salamander 



59. With red legs or cheeks; N. C. to Tenn. 60. 

 No red coloring 61. 



60. With red color on upper surfaces of legs; N. C. 



Plethodon glutinosus shermani Stejneger Red-legged Salamander 

 With red cheeks; mountains of N. C. and Tenn. 



Plethodon jordani Blatchley Red-cheeked Salamander 



61. Throat and belly dark; back with small white spots; N. Y. and Wis. to 



Florida and Texas 



Plethodon glutinosus glutmosus (Green) Slimy Salamander 

 Throat light colored 62. 



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