Description Desmognathus wrighti, Appalachian Mountains, United States
English: Pygmy salamander
Date 22 May 2010, 13:47:44
Source originally posted to Flickr as Pygmy salamander Desmognathus wrighti http://flickr.com/photos/19731486@N07/4629817770
Author Brian Gratwicke http://flickr.com/people/19731486@N07
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pygmy_salamander_Desmognathus_wrighti.jpg

The pygmy salamander (or pigmy salamander, Desmognathus wrighti) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States in the southern Appalachians in North Carolina and Tennessee. As the name suggest the pygmy salamander is the smallest of the nineteen species in the genus Desmognathus. Order: Urodela, Family: Plethodontidae, Subfamily: Plethodontinae.