Desmognathus habitats near the lower Ball Creek bridge
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (U. S. Forest Service)
September 9, 2006

 
Desmognathus Distance from surface water
species 0 <1 <5 <10 <20 >20
quadrimaculatus 8 1 4 1 0 1
monticola 13 12 9 2 1 0
ochrophaeus 4 5 10 2 1 2
aeneus 0 0 0 0 1 4

Other species and notes

  • Desmognathus ochrophaeus with red cheeks (like Plethodon jordani in the Smokies!), 3 (included in the numbers above)
  • Desmognathus ochrophaeus with white spots (like Plethodon glutinosus), 4 (included in the numbers above)
  • Plethodon glutinosus, 4
  • Eurycea bislineata, 1
  • Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, 1 (probable identification, not caught)
  • Ringneck SnakeDiadophis punctatus, one friendly individual about to molt, intermediate between southern and northern subspecies (small black spots on ventral scales)