Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Holbrook, 1840) Black-bellied Salamander, Common Blackbelly Salamander	family: Plethodontidae subfamily: Plethodontinae genus: Desmognathus

© 2016 Dr. Joachim Nerz (1 of 59)	Conservation Status (definitions) IUCN Red List Status Account Least Concern (LC) NatureServe Use NatureServe Explorer to see status. CITES No CITES Listing National Status None Regional Status None Access Conservation Needs Assessment Report .		View distribution map in BerkeleyMapper. View Bd and Bsal data (57 records).

U.S. state distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Lannoo Account  Raffaëlli Account AmphibiaWeb Account  Map of Life Distribution and Habitat Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: United States U.S. state distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia   View distribution map in BerkeleyMapper. View Bd and Bsal data (57 records). Comments This species was featured in the News of the Week on August, 30, 2021: Despite lacking specialized climbing structures, a wide range of salamanders are known to climb vegetation, trees, or rocks. Their ability to cling and climb allows these salamanders access to more food resources, to more suitable microclimates, and to escape predators. O'Donnell and Deban (2021) explored what factors contribute to this ability across a wide range of size, morphology, and ecological niches in salamanders. They found that the adhesive nature of their mucus coating was a major factor, but that cling ability also was associated with body mass and the amount of body contact area utilized, which include feet, tail, belly, and ventral surface of their head, to increase cling. The best clingers in their experiments were the small plethodontid salamanders, such as Batrachoseps attenuatus, Desmognathus aeneus, D. ocoee, Eurycea guttolineata, and E. wilderae. However, plethodontid salamanders in general, like large salamander Desmognathus quadramaculatus, were comparable or exceed the cling ability of arboreal and scansorial frogs. (AChang) Edited by: Michelle S. Koo (2021-08-29) Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2021 Desmognathus quadramaculatus: Black-bellied Salamander <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/3926> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Mar 21, 2023. Feedback or comments about this page.   Citation: AmphibiaWeb. 2023. <https://amphibiaweb.org> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed 21 Mar 2023. AmphibiaWeb's policy on data use.