Caudata Culture Species Entry - Desmognathus orestes

Desmognathus orestes

Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander

Range	USA: Blue Ridge Mtns from southwestern Virginia to northwestern North Carolina and northeastern Tennessee
IUCN Red Book	Least Concern
CITES	No Listing
First described	Tilley and Mahoney, 1996

Coloration of D. orestes is highly variable.

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