Species:

Plethodon albagula

Western Slimy Salamander

April 26, 2008
Pickle Springs Natural Area, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri
Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula)
Yet another in the long series of species carved out of what used to be considered a single species, Plethodon glutinosus. I think of these as the "slender salamanders of the east" because, as with the slender salamanders, there are a large number of species distinguished primarily only by DNA differences.