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Fig. 1. Distribution of (A) Ambystoma talpoideum and (B) Hemidactylium scutatum in 

 North Carolina. A single symbol may represent several clustered localities. 

 The open circle on (A) indicates a county record without precise locality 

 data. 



Hemidactylium scutatum 



Hemidactylium scutatum, the Four-toed Salamander, has a somewhat con- 

 tinuous range in the northeastern states and is relatively common there. 

 Conant (1975) considered it absent from the Atlantic Coastal Plain south 

 of Virginia, and it apparently is rare in the southeastern states. The 

 species was formerly known in North Carolina only from a few localities 

 in the Piedmont and Mountains: Cherokee Co. — near Andrews (Huheey 

 and Stupka 1967; FMNH, 2); Durham Co.— Duke Forest (Gray 1941; 

 UMMZ, 1); Graham Co.— near Topton (Huheey and Stupka 1967; 

 UMMZ, 1); Wake Co.— 8 mi. [12.9 km] nw Raleigh (Hurst 1964; NCSM, 

 1). Recent discoveries indicate that it is more widely distributed. 



Additional North Carolina localities for H. scutatum are: Bladen Co. — 

 10.5 km ese Kelly (NCSM, 3); Buncombe Co. — 3.6 km nnw town of Avery 

 Creek (NCSM, 3 + 1 larva); Chatham Co.— -2.2 km ssw Wilsonville 



