Desmognathus habitats near the lower Ball Creek bridge
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (U. S. Forest Service)
September 11, 2004

Desmognathus Distance from surface water
species 0 <1 <5 <10 <20 >20
quadrimaculatus 5 0 0 0 0 0
monticola 10 4 4 3 0 0
ochrophaeus 8 11 11 3 2 1
aeneus 0 2 2 1 5 2

Other species and notes

  • Desmognathus ochrophaeus with red cheeks (like Plethodon jordani in the Smokies!), 4 (included in numbers above)

  • Plethodon glutinosus, 1