There are 31 salamanders in Alabama on this list. These salamanders can be found across the entire state. Some popular salamanders found in Alabama include the red salamander, the spotted salamander, and the slimy salamander.
Alabama is also home to more obscure salamanders such as the reticulated salamander which has been recorded just thrice, and the Red Hills salamander which is endemic to just Alabama.
Salamanders may resemble lizards but they are amphibians. They are found within the order Urodela. As amphibians, salamanders may have gills and may lack lungs. As amphibians, they are generally found in humid environments. In the wild, salamanders are best left alone as they usually have delicate skins, and handling them can easily injure them.
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Salamanders in Alabama
Family Ambystomatidae
1. Spotted Salamander
- Scientific Name: Ambystoma maculatum
- Adult Length: 5.91 to 9.84 inches (15 to 25 cm)
- Adult Size: 0.45 oz (12.84 g)
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: S5 (Secure), Least Concern on IUCN
The spotted salamander is endemic to most of eastern North America – from southern Canada to Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. In Alabama, the species is found statewide.
A. maculatum is a moderately sized salamander that reaches a length of 6 to 10 inches. Females are generally larger than males. Unlike most other salamanders, A. maculatum is stout. Adult A. maculatum is dark in color with spots on the dorsum. These spots are orange or yellow. Some individuals may be unspotted but these are uncommon.
The skin of A. maculatum is toxic due to the presence of poison glands in the skin. The salamander releases a white toxin when threatened.
A. maculatum has a lifespan of 20 to 30 years and an average lifespan of 25 years in captivity.
2. Marbled Salamander
- Binomial Nomenclature: Ambystoma opacum
- Average Adult Size: 3.5 to 4.2 inches
- Average Life Span: 3.5 to 4 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN, S5 (Secure)
The marbled salamander is endemic to most of the eastern United States from Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico. It is also endemic throughout Alabama.
The species inhabit humid wooded areas and often live close to stress and ponds. They do live around dry hillsides. Regardless of where they are found, they are always close to a damp environment.
The species is also called the banded salamander because of the presence of silver or whitish bands over its head, dorsum, and tail. Ambystoma opacum is a small salamander and reaches an adult length of about 4 inches from tail to head. It is known as the marbled salamander because of its appearance which makes it appear to be made of marble.
The species is solitary similar to other salamanders. It is mostly hidden underneath ground covers such as leaf litter or underground in burrows.
3. Mole Salamander
- Scientific Name: Ambystoma talpoideum
- Average Adult Size: 3 to 4 inches (7.5 to 10 cm)
- Life Span: 10 to 20 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN Red List, S5 (Secured)
Ambystoma talpoideum is endemic to the central to southeastern united states. Within Alabama, the species occur in the southwest. States that the species is endemic to include Indiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida.
The adult mole salamander can be terrestrial or aquatic. The terrestrial form includes individuals that undergo full metamorphosis. The aquatic form is individuals that do not undergo full metamorphosis. The aquatic form is also known as neotenic. The neotenic salamander inhabits permanent ponds without fish. Terrestrial adults inhabit humid wooded areas such as floodplain forests and areas around cypress and gum ponds.
The mole salamander is tiny and black or dark brown to dark gray with white flecks. The neotenic form has yellow stripes.
The form of the species impacts their longevity in the wild. Terrestrial adults encounter less perilous situations and live longer. Perils that aquatic adults face include aquatic predators and pond drying. The lifespan of the species is 10 to 20 years.
4. Smallmouth Salamander
- Bionomial Nomenclature: Ambystoma texanum
- Adult Length: 4.3 to 7 inches (11 to 17.8 cm)
- Life Span: 5 years in captivity
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN, S3 (Vulnerable)
This salamander is endemic from Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico, it also endemic to Ohio to Nebraska. The species is endemic to western Alabama.
The species mostly inhabits floodplain woodlands and open prairies.
The smallmouth salamander is moderately sized with a small head and a small mouth. The dorsum of the amphibian is black to gray with blotches. These blotches disappear with age.
While there is little information on the lifespan of the species, the lifespan is listed as 5.3 years by Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
5. Eastern Tiger Salamander
- Binomial Name: Ambystoma tigrinum
- Other Common Name: Tiger salamander
- Average Adult Length: 6.7 to 13 inches (17 to 33cm)
- Average Adult Mass: 9.402 g (0.33 oz)
- Lifespan: 10 to 25 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN, S3 (Vulnerable)
The tiger is one of the most widespread salamanders in North America. This species is found from New York to Oregon. The geographic range in the eastern United States is disjunct while the geographic range in the midwest is continuous. The populations in the northwest are also isolated. In Alabama, isolated populations exist centrally, in the northwest, in the northeast, and the south.
Fully metamorphosed adults live in humid wooded areas such as marshy areas, grasslands, and forests.
The species is relatively large and reaches a length of over a foot and a weight of about 9.4 grams or 0.33 oz. The species is black to dark brown with yellow spots or blotches.
The species has a lifespan of 10 to 25 years. The average adult has a lifespan of 16 years.
Family Amphiumidae
6. Two-Toed Amphiuma
- Scientific Name: Amphiuma means
- Average Adult Size: 14.5 to 46 inches (36.8 to 117 cm), 39 to 1,042 g
- Life Span: 27 years
- Population Trend: Unknown
- Conservation Statuses: S3 (Vulnerable), Least Concern on IUCN Red List
The species is endemic to the southeastern United States. States the species is endemic to include Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. It is endemic to southern Alabama.
The two-toed amphiuma is an aquatic salamander. A. means lives in aquatic habitats with thick aquatic vegetation. It also inhabits wet meadows, drainage ditches, swamps, and lakes.
The species is long and cylindrical with extremely tiny vestigial legs which it doesn’t use. The coloration is black with dark gray sides.
In captivity, the species can reach a lifespan of 27 years.
7. One-Toed Amphiuma
- Scientific Name: Amphiuma Pholeter
- Average Adult Size: 8.5 inches (22 cm)
- Population Trend: Decreasing
- Conservation Statuses: Near Threatened on IUCN Red List, S1 (Critically Imperiled)
The species is endemic to the lower Gulf Coastal Plain of southeastern Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. As such it is endemic to the extreme south of Alabama.
The species inhabit aquatic environments such as spring runs and deep, organic, liquid muck in alluvial swamps of third or second-order streams.
This is the smallest amphiuma and reaches a length of 8.5 inches. It is dark in color. It has one toe on each foot.
8. Three-Toed Amphiuma
- Scientific Name: Amphiuma Tridactylum
- Average Adult Size: 14.5 to 46 inches (36.8 to 117 cm), 39 to 1,042 g
- Life Span: 13 to 19 years
- Population Trend: Unknown
- Conservation Statuses: S3 (Vulnerable), Least Concern on IUCN Red List
The species is endemic from western Alabama to Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee. It is also endemic to Kentucky and Missouri.
The habitat of the species is similar to the other two amphiumas endemic to Alabama. A.Tridactylum live in seepy pools, swampy banks of bayous, cypress sloughs, lakes & marshes in flood lands, calcareous streams, and wooded alluvial swamps.
The three-toed amphiuma is one of the largest salamanders on the planet. This species can reach a length of 46 inches and a weight of 1 kg. The coloration of this amphiuma is similar to the other two. Its dorsum is darkly colored (black or dark brown) and the underside is of a lighter color.
The species have been noted to have a lifespan of 13 to 19 years in captivity.
Family Cryptobranchidae
9. Hellbender
- Scientific Name: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis
- Adult Length: 11.6 to 27 inches (30 to 69 cm)
- Adult Mass: 405 to 1010 g (14.27 to 35.59 oz)
- Life Span: 30 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: S1S2 (Critically Imperiled), Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List
The hellbender is endemic to northern Alabama and northern Georgia to southern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and northeastwards to New York. It is also endemic to central to southern Missouri and adjacent to northern Arkansas.
The species is aquatic and inhabit freshwater streams and rivers with large rocks under which it hides. The temperature of streams they inhabit has to be below 20 degrees Celcius (68 degrees Fahrenheit).
The species have a maximum lifespan of 30 years.
Family Plethodontidae
10. Green Salamander
- Scientific Name: Aneides aeneus
- Adult Length: 3.25 to 5 inches (8 to 12 cm)
- Population Trend: Decreasing
- Conservation Statuses: S3 (Vulnerable), Near Threatened on IUCN
The species is green in coloration although the color pattern is a motley of yellowish green and dark green. This coloration allows it to blend into its environment. The species lives on rock faces that are moist but not wet. They also hide in crevices. They are difficult to spot.
The species is endemic to the Appalachian region of the united states. In Alabama, they are endemic to the northern portion.
The species is an invertivore and feed mostly on snails and insects.
11. Seepage Salamander
- Scientific Name: Desmognathus aeneus
- Adult Length: 1.75 to 2.25 inches (4.4 to 5.7 cm)
- Population Trend: Decreasing
- Conservation Statuses: S2 (Imperiled), Near Threatened on IUCN
The species is endemic to northcentral Alabama, northern Georgia, southeastern Tennessee, and southwestern North Carolina.
This amphibian lives in seepage areas as implied by the name. It also lives in other humid environments such as the environs of streams.
This is a tiny salamander that is reddish-brown with a light-colored stripe down the back. The species may have a dark Y pattern n the back of the head. The tail of the Y pattern extends down the back.
The species feed on small invertebrates.
12. Apalachicola Dusky Salamander
- Scientific Name: Desmognathus Apalachicolae
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: S3 (Vulnerable), Least Concern on IUCN
The range of this species is tiny. This dusky salamander is endemic to just Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
In Alabama, the species is located in the extreme southeast specifically in the watersheds of the Upper Choctawhatchee River.
This amphibian inhabits areas around seepage streams, bottomland forests, and mucky floodplains.
13. Holbrook’s Southern Dusky Salamander
- Scientific Name: Desmognathus Auriculatus
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: S3 (Vulnerable), Least Concern on IUCN
Within Alabama, the species is endemic to the south. The range extends to Virginia to the east and texas to the west.
The southern dusky salamander is endemic to mucky areas where organic debris collects. Some of these mucky areas include ravine streams, floodplains, mud-bottomed streams, cypress heads, swamps, and springs.
15. Spotted Dusky Salamander
- Scientific Name: Desmognathus conanti
- Adult Length: 2.5 to 5 inches (6.4 to 12.7 cm)
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: S5 (Secure)
Similar to other dusky salamanders, this amphibian lives near seepage areas and streams.
This species has a brown or tan dorsum with red spots. These spots give the amphibian its common name. The length of the speed is 2.5 to 5 inches.
The species feed on millipedes, centipedes, spiders, earthworms, mites, and other small invertebrates.
15. Seal Salamander
- Scientific Name: Desmognathus monticola
- Adult Length: 3 to 6 inches (7.6 to 15.2 cm)
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: S5 (Secure), Least Concern on IUCN
In Alabama, the species is endemic to the south. Apart from that, the species is endemic to the Appalachian region of the united states. The range goes through Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
This is a moderately large species within its genus. It can reach a length of 6 inches which is impressive. The dorsum is brown or gray with wormy patterns. The belly is white.
The species is endemic to steam banks, wet rocks, and streams. The species prefer water bodies low in temperature and high in oxygen content.
16. Ocoee Salamander
- Scientific Name: Desmognathus ocoee
- Adult Length: 2.5 to 4.5 inches
- Lifespan: 7 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN Red List, S2 (Imperiled)
The species is endemic to the Appalachian Plateau of northeastern Alabama. The species inhabits springs during the winter, wet rock faces, seepage areas, and other humid areas close to springs. During rain, you can find it in forested areas.
This is a small salamander with a variety of colorations. Their tails are rounded.
17. Southern Two-Lined Salamander
- Scientific Name: Eurycea cirrigera
- Adult Length: 2.6 to 4.7 inches (6.5 to 12 cm)
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: S5 (Secure), Least Concern on IUCN
E. cirrigera is endemic to most of Alabama (especially southern Alabama). It is endemic to the eastern united states including in states such as Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Mississippi, Indiana, and Louisiana.
This amphibian inhabits humid environments including hardwood forests, seepages, river swamps, and creeks. Similar to other terrestrial salamanders, E. cirrigera generally hides under logs, vegetation, and leaf litter.
This is a small salamander and reaches a length of 6 to 12 cm or 2.6 to 4.7 inches. The background color of the species is yellowish-orange. The salamander also has two stripes down its back. These stripes give it its common name.
18. Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander
- Scientific Name: Eurycea quadridigitata
- Adult Length: 2 to 3.5 inches (5 to 8.9 cm)
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: S4 (Apparently Secure), Least Concern on IUCN
The species is endemic from north Carolina to eastern texas. It is endemic from central Alabama to southern Alabama.
Within its range, the species is endemic to bottomland forests, the margins of pine savanna ponds, and low swampy areas. In Alabama, the species is most active on land during late fall to early winter rains.
This is a tiny salamander that reaches an adult length of 2 to 3.5 inches. It’s yellowish brown with dark blotches and stripes on the dorsum.
19. Spring Salamander
- Scientific Name: Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
- Average Adult Size: 5 to 7.5 inches (12 to 19 cm)
- Life Span: 18.5 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN Red List, S4 (Apparently Secured)
The species live in headwater springs with a high level of oxygen in the water and low temperatures. They are generally found in eastern North America from Vermont and New York to Alabama and Georgia. They are endemic to northern Alabama.
The species may be moderately sized for a salamander but they are quite large for a stream salamander and is the largest stream salamander. The length of adults is 5 to 7.5 inches. They are salmon in color with a reddish tint.
20. Four-Toed Salamander
- Scientific Name: Hemidactylium scutatum
- Adult Length: 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10.2 cm)
- Life Span: 5.5 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: S4 (Apparently Secure), Least Concern on IUCN
This species is endemic to the eastern portion of Alabama. It is also found across eastern North America from Maine and Nova Scotia through Southern Ontario To Minnesota all the south to Oklahoma. The species can be found in about 30 American states and 4 Canadian provinces.
The species live in humid wooded areas such as mature forests and ecosystems adjacent to mature forests. They live in swamps, ponds, boggy dreams, and sedgy pools.
This is a small salamander and can reach a length of about 4 inches. They are brown with black spots and have a long tail which makes up about 60% of their total length.
21. Red Hills Salamander
- Scientific Name: Phaeognathus Hubrichti
- Adult Length: 6.30 to 9.84 inches (16 to 25 cm)
- Adult Mass: 5 to 20 grams (0.18 to 0.70 oz)
- Average Adult Mass: 11 grams (0.39 oz)
- Life Span: 6 to 11 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: S2 (Imperiled), Endangered on IUCN
This species is endemic to just Alabama and specifically the Red Hills which can be found in south central Alabama. The species can be found in six counties and these include Conecuh, Barbour, Butler, Monroe, Crenshaw, and Covington).
The species live in the soft-soiled hills of the Red Hills. Its habitats are dominated by hardwood trees such as southern magnolia and big-leaf magnolia with oak-leaf hydrangea and mountain laurel.
The species is quite large. The background color of the dorsum is dark brown. The pattern on the skin is a scattering of light spots on the body and the face.
22. Northern Slimy Salamander
- Scientific Name: Plethodon glutinosus complex
- Average mass: 4.2 g (0.15 oz)
- Life Span: 5.5 years on average, 20.1 years maximum
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN Red List, S5 (Secure)
The northern slimy salamander is endemic to most of the eastern United States from New York to Illinois to the west and Louisiana to the south. The species is endemic to most of Alabama.
The species inhabits wooded areas including hardwood forests, pinelands, cave entrances, ravines, floodplains, and shale banks.
The species is black with white speckles. The belly is more lightly colored than the dorsum although it is also black.
23. Southern Redback Salamander
- Binomial Nomenclature: Plethodon serratus
- Adult Length: 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10.5 cm)
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN, S2S3 (Imperiled)
The species is endemic to northeastern Alabama and adjacent Georgia into north carolina. The species is also endemic to Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.
This is quite a small salamander that reaches an adult length of 3 to 4 inches. This is known as the redback because of the red stripe down its back and tail.
The species eat small invertebrates.
24. Southern Zigzag Salamander
- Scientific Name: Plethodon ventralis
- Average Adult Size: 2.5 to 3.5 inches
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN Red List, S4 (Apparently Secured)
The species is endemic to northern Alabama. Outside of that, the species is endemic to northwestern Georgia, eastern Tennessee, southeastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, and northeastern Mississippi.
This salamander is tiny and is named after the wavy or zigzag pattern on its back. The background color of the species is black to dark brown and the color of the pattern is orange or reddish.
25. Webster’s Salamander
- Scientific Name: Plethodon websteri
- Average Adult Size:2.75 to 3.2 inches (7 to 8.2 cm)
- Population Trend: Decreasing
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN Red List, S3 (Vulnerable)
This species is endemic to northern Alabama. It is also endemic to south carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana. In all the states where it is endemic, its populations are isolated.
The species is endemic to hardwood-forested hillsides.
The species is a tiny woodland salamander. It has a wavy pattern on the back similar to that of zigzag salamanders. This stripe can be yellowish to reddish in color.
26. Gulf Coast Mud Salamander
- Scientific Name: Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus
- Adult Length: 2.95 to 6.3 inches (7.5 to 16 cm)
- Lifespan: 15 years
- Population Trend: Unknown
- Conservation Statuses: S3 (Vulnerable), Least Concern on IUCN
The Gulf Coast mud salamander is endemic to most of Alabama. It is absent from the northwestern part of the state.
This is a moderately small salamander. It is known as the mud salamander since it inhabits muddy areas. This salamander is reddish to orange with black spots all over the head, dorsum, and tail.
The species have a lifespan of about 15 years although its lifespan isn’t well documented.
27. Northern Red Salamander & Southern Red Salamander
- Scientific Name: Pseudotriton Ruber Ruber (Northern Red Salamander) & Pseudotriton Ruber Vioscai (Southern Red Salamander)
- Average Adult Size: 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm)
- Life Span: 20 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses for Red Salamander: S5 (Secure), Least Concern on IUCN
- Conservation Statuses for the Subspecies: No Status Rank
The northern red salamander is endemic to Alabama, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky. The southern red salamander is endemic to Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The red salamander lives in slow-moving cold springs and streams. These species are semi-aquatic even as adults. They live mostly in springs where temperatures are low during fall and winter. During the warm seasons, they live in mixed forests or deciduous forests. During this time, they hide underneath ground covers such as leaf litter, rocks, and logs.
The red salamander is mostly reddish in color with black spots. It is a small salamander.
The species has a lifespan of about 20 years.
Family Salamandridae
28. Eastern Newt
- Binomial Nomenclature: Notophthalmus viridescens
- Adult Length: 2.8 to 4.9 inches (7 to 12.4 cm)
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN, S5 (Secure)
- Population Trend: Stable
The eastern newt is endemic to most of Alabama. This species is widespread across the eastern United States and even southeastern Canada. The geographic range extends as far north as Ontario to Nova Scotia and as far south as Texas and Florida. The range even extends to Minnesota and Oklahoma.
The eft stage of the eastern newt is reddish brown, cream, or brown. The adult eastern newt is dark but its underside is yellowish.
This species inhabits woodlands and aquatic habitats such as lakes, swamps, ponds, and streams.
Family Sirenidae
29. Lesser Siren
- Scientific Name: Siren intermedia
- Adult Size: 7 to 27 inches (18 to 69 cm), 1.76 oz (50 grams)
- Lifespan: 6 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN Red List, S5 (Secure)
The lesser siren is endemic to most of Alabama. The species live in calm backwaters and swamps. They prefer warm bodies of water. They don’t mind waters with debris and abundant plants.
The lesser siren is the smaller of the sirens. For this reason, it is known as the lesser. This salamander is still quite large with an adult weight of 50 grams and an adult body length of about 27 inches.
The lesser siren is entirely aquatic and never loses its gills. The dorsum is grey to black and the belly is also grey to black but of lighter coloration.
30. Greater Siren
- Scientific Name: Siren lacertina
- Adult Size: 7 to 38 inches (18 to 97 cm), 1.9 to 35.3 oz (1 kg)
- Lifespan: 25 years
- Population Trend: Stable
- Conservation Statuses: Least Concern on IUCN Red List, S1 (Critically Imperiled)
The greater siren is the biggest of the sirens. It is endemic from Virginia to southeastern Alabama. It is endemic to the eastern and southern portions of most of the states it is endemic to. The species is also endemic to Florida.
The greater siren is a large salamander that can be over 3 feet long and weighs as much as a kilogram or a couple of pounds.
The greater siren is aquatic and never loses its gills. The dorsum is grey to brown with black speckles. The belly is also grey to black but of lighter coloration.
31. Reticulated Siren/Leopard Eel
- Scientific Name: Siren Reticulata
- Adult Size: 24 inches (60 cm)
- Average Snout To Vent Length: 13.2 inches (33.4)
- Conservation Statuses: S1 (Critically Imperiled)
There is little information on this species and there have been just three recorded sightings. The first was in 1970. The second was in the 1990s. And the third was in 2009. The first two sightings were in southern Alabama in Baldwin County and near Florala respectively. The sighting in 2009 was in Okaloosa County, Florida.
The species is large and greenish-grey.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are salamanders found in Alabama?
Salamanders can be found all over Alabama.
Are newts in Alabama?
Yes, there are newts in Alabama. The eastern newt is the only one endemic to Alabama.
What are some Alabama salamanders that are medium size?
There are several medium-sized salamanders in Alabama. In fact, most of the salamanders in Alabama are medium size. Some examples include the spotted salamander, the smallmouth salamander, the seal salamander, the spring salamander, and the mud salamander.
Does Alabama have a hellbender?
Alabama does have the hellbender. In Alabama, the hellbender is endemic to the north.
Conclusion
There are a significant number of salamanders in the state of Alabama. While most of these salamanders resemble lizards. Some salamanders such as the lesser and greater sirens also resemble eels. However, all salamanders are amphibians and not fish or reptiles.
As amphibians, most salamanders require humid environments to thrive. Most even hatch with gills. While most salamanders lose their gills by maturity some retain their gills for their entire life. An example of this is the siren.
Some popular salamanders in Alabama that are even kept as pets include the marbled salamander, the red salamander, the tiger salamander, and the spotted salamander.
Alabama also hosts some rare salamanders such as the reticulated siren and the Red Hills salamander.
Other nearby states