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Kanawha Blackbelly Salamander
Desmognathus kanawha
The Kanawha black-bellied salamander or New River black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus kanawha) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the eastern United States, where it is only known from the south-central Appalachian Mountains.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1404299.