Plethodon Glutinosus
The northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) is a species of terrestrial plethodontid salamander found throughout much of the eastern two-thirds of the United States. More noticeably, P. glutinosus is defined by a slimy, glue-like secretion released from its skin glands. It has 16 costal grooves, on rare occurrences 15 or 17, and generally ranges from 4.75 to 6.75 inches. An unusual association consisting of three members of the Plethodon glutinosus complex occurs at a site in Polk County, Tennessee. Here, southern Appalachian Salamanders, Tellico Salamanders,. Amphibian Species of the World (Frost 2021) synonymizes Plethodon grobmani and P. mississippi under P. glutinosus, while other members of the P. glutinosus complex recognized after 1997 are retained. These were originally thought to represent a single wide-ranging species (the Slimy Salamander, Plethodon glutinosus), but were split into 16 species by Highton (Highton 1984, 1989; Highton and.
The Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) has no recognized subspecies. It belongs to the larger P. glutinosus species complex, which contains many morphologically similar species across.
Northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) I rescued from my pool ...
