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Northern Pygmy Salamander
Desmognathus organi
The northern pygmy salamander (or northern pigmy (sic), Desmognathus organi) is a terrestrial species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family and Desmognathus genus. Along with the southern pygmy (D. wrighti) and the seepage salamander (D. aeneus), these are some of the smallest salamander species in North America and can be found in higher elevations in the southern Appalachians.
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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 70589.