| Dwarf black-bellied salamander | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Plethodontinae |
| Genus: | Desmognathus |
| Species: | D. folkertsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Desmognathus folkertsi Camp, Tilley, Austin & Marshall, 2002 | |
The dwarf black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus folkertsi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the United States.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers.
The dwarf black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus folkertsi) was originally thought to be the blackbelly salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) as they appear similar and are sympatric in the areas that the dwarf black-bellied salamander is found. They can be distinguished through genetically different loci or morphologically in that D. folkertsi are smaller, have different coloration and patterns, and different proportions in body.
References
- Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). "Desmognathus folkertsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59248A11906316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59248A11906316.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Camp, Carlos D.; Tilley, Stephen G.; Austin, Richard M.; Marshall, Jeremy L. (2002). "A New Species of Black-Bellied Salamander (Genus Desmognathus) from the Appalachian Mountains of Northern Georgia". Herpetologica. 58 (4): 471–484. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0471:ansobs]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0018-0831.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Desmognathus folkertsi |
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