This species looks superficially similar to the Black-Bellied Salamanders (D. quadramaculatus and D. folkertsi), but its belly is one feature that differentiates it.
Adult from Michigan.This species--along with Eurycea cirrigera--is found in one rocky stream surrounded by hemlock and nowhere else in Michigan.The origin of this population--native or introduced--is still not yet known.
A red-cheeked version of this ubiquitous species; this form is usually most prevalent in areas where Plethodon jordani (the Red-Cheeked Salamander) exist, but they are interestingly common at Coweeta, North Carolina.
This was my first find of a Seal Salamander. In the genus of my beloved local Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus) and so familiar in ways, but much larger than any Dusky and such a beautiful spot pattern. Photographed in a creek near Blue Hole not far from Charlottesville, Virginia (USA).