Black Salamander

Black Salamander
Black Salamander mother and young
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Aneides
Species: A. flavipunctatus
Binomial name
Aneides flavipunctatus
(Strauch, 1870)
Synonyms

Plethodon flavipunctatus Strauch, 1870
Autodax iëcanus Cope, 1889
Plethodon iëcanus Cope, 1893
Aneides iëcanus Stejneger & Barbour, 1917

The Black Salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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