Hemidactylium scutatum: REFERENCES
1. Aber, John D.; Botkin, Daniel B.; Melillo, J. M. 1978. Predicting the effects of different harvesting regimes on forest floor dynamics in northern hardwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 8: 306-315.
Common Name: Four-toed Salamander
Scientific Name: Hemidactylium scutatum
Wisconsin Status: Special Concern ...
Hemidactylium scutatum
Summary: Usually associated with forested fens or other seepage-fed wooded wetlands, this species is known from a handful of localities in Will, Porter, and LaPorte Counties.
Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Description: This small, slender salamander is orange to grayish brown above, sometimes with small black and bluish speckles on the sides.
Hess, Zachary J. and Reid N. Harris. Eggs of Hemidactylium scutatum are unpalatable to insect predators. Copeia 2000 (2), 597-600.
Account Author: Amelia Gleaton, University of Georgia - edited by J.D. Willson
Underside ...
The four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) is a monotypic species.
Range ...
Hemidactylium scutatum
Statewide except possibly Suffolk counties.
Spring Salamander ...
Hemidactylium scutatum
2" - 3 1/2"
Found under damp sphagnum, bark, stumps and rotting logs. Abundant in the Pine Barrens.
Hemidactylium scutatum - Four-toed Salamander
Genus Hydromantes - Web-toed Salamanders
Limestone Salamander - Hydromantes brunus
Mount Lyell Salamander - Hydromantes platycephalus
Shasta Salamander - Hydromantes shastae ...
four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Fowler's toad (Bufo fowleri)
gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor)
greater siren (Siren lacertina)
green salamander (Aneides aeneus)
green treefrog (Hyla cinerea)
Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) ...
Four-toed salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum
This small salamander measures only 2 3/8 to 2 7/8 inches in total length.Males have a shorter body than females (Hulse, 2001).
Four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Four-toed salamanders (Hemidactylium scutatum) were documented for the first time in Minnesota in 1994 by the Minnesota County Biological Survey and Chippewa National Forest biologists, ...
Hemidactylium scutatum
Four-toed salamanders range throughout eastern North America, but populations are patchy throughout southern New England (Klemens 1993).
Four Toed Salamander - Hemidactylium scutatum
Description: 2 - 3 ¾" (5.1 - 9.5 cm). Belly is enamel-white with black speckles while dorsum is red/brown and sides gray.
Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Their rusty brown back, white belly with black spots, constriction at the base of the tail, and 4 toes on the hind feet easily identify Four-toed Salamanders.
Four-Toed Salamander
(Hemidactylium scutatum)
DESCRIPTION: 2-4" (5.1-10.2 cm). A small species distinguished by hind feet with 4 toes and marked constriction at base of tail. Reddish-brown above, grayish sides; white belly, with black spots.
Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus)
Valley & Ridge Salamander (Plethodon hoffmani) ...
Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Many-lined Salamander (Stereochilus marginatus)
Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus) ...
 See also: Four-toed Salamander, Salamander, Spotted Salamander, Newt, Tiger Salamander
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