With 58 species of salamanders – more than one tenth of all the world’s salamander species – Georgia is a global “hot spot” for the amphibians.

The discovery of a startlingly distinct salamander and research that defined another species have given Georgia a slippery title: No. 1 in the nation for salamanders. Scientists have documented 58 ...

The frosted flatwood salamander population has declined by 90 per cent since 2000, the Amphibian Foundation said. The species was originally found in forest habitats across South Carolina, Georgia ...

Georgia is a hotspot for salamanders; about 10 percent of the 560 species found worldwide inhabit the southern state. And now scientists can add one more to the Georgian list: Urspelerpes brucei .

Winter is the breeding season for many of our salamanders. Venture to bottomland forests fringing our rivers, roll some logs, and you could meet st… Wet winters are a boom for our local amphibians.

The reticulated flatwoods salamander is restricted to the northern coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico, and its historical range included parts of southern Alabama, north Florida and Georgia, west of ...

The largest salamander in North America, hellbenders are usually found in cold, fast moving streams, Floyd said. They can grow up to 2 feet long and weigh up to 5 pounds.

Once prevalent throughout Alabama, Florida and Georgia, the reticulated flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) has not been observed in Alabama in approximately 35 years. In 2009 this species was ...

The San Antonio Zoo's Center for Conservation and Research has another achievement under its belt. The zoo is now home to ten hatchlings of the Georgia blind salamander (Eurycea wallacei), an ...

The salamander research and details on the new technique, called stable isotope analysis, were published in a recent study in the January 15 issue of PLOS ONE. The Barton Springs Salamander ( Eurycea ...