Desmognathus habitats near the lower Ball Creek bridge
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (U. S. Forest Service)
September 6, 2003

Desmognathus Distance from surface water
species 0 <1 <5 <10 <20 >20

quadrimaculatus 1 0 2 0 0 0
monticola 5 8 3 0 0 0
ochrophaeus 2 5 6 4 1 0
aeneus 0 0 1 0 0 2


Other species and notes

  • Desmognathus ochrophaeus with red cheeks (like Plethodon jordani in the Smokies!), about 5

  • Desmognathus ochrophaeus resembling Plethodon glutinosus, 1