Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)

Uncommon in NC, Four-toed Salamanders may be found in woodland pools & bogs with moss-covered clumps of grass, logs, roots, etc. in the western half of the North Carolina. Very rare and local in the NC coastal plain.

	Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) Durham Co., NC 1 Mar 2013
	Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) Durham Co., NC 1 Mar 2013
	Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) Durham Co., NC 1 Mar 2013

	Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) Orange Co., NC 3 Mar 2007 This adult female salamander is tending a nest of eggs.
	Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) Orange Co., NC 3 Mar 2007 This is a different female on a different nest of eggs. Note the constricted area before the fat tail.
	Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) Orange Co., NC 3 Mar 2007 Note the white belly with scattered black speckles, and note the eggs hanging in the Sphagnum moss.
	Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) Orange Co., NC 3 Mar 2007
	Typical habitat for Four-toed Salamanders in North Carolina Durham Co., NC 11 Mar 2007

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