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Table 1.3--Amphibian species within the South with global rankings of G1^a, G2^b, and G3^c. (NatureServe 2000)

Ranking	Scientific name	Common name	Areas of occurrence
Frogs and Toads
G1	Bufo houstonensis	Houston toad	TX
G2	Rana okaloosae	Florida bog frog	FL
G3	Rana capito	Gopher frog	AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN
Salamanders
G1	Desmognathus sp.1	Waterrock Knob salamander	NC
	Eurycea latitans	Cascade Caverns salamander	TX
	Eurycea nana	San Marcos salamander	TX
	Eurycea neotenes	Texas salamander	TX
	Eurycea rathbuni	Texas blind salamander	TX
	Eurycea robusta	Blanco blind salamander	TX
	Eurycea sosorum	Barton Springs salamander	TX
	Eurycea sp. 1	Jollyville Plateau salamander	TX
	Eurycea sp. 2	Salado Springs salamander	TX
	Eurycea sp. 4	Buttercup Creek caves salamander	TX
	Eurycea sp. 5	Georgetown salamander	TX
	Eurycea sp. 6	Pedernales River spring salamander	TX
	Eurycea sp. 7	Edwards Plateau spring salamander	TX
	Eurycea sp. 8	Comal Springs salamander	TX
	Eurycea tridentifera	Comal Blind salamander	TX
	Plethodon petraeus	Pigeon Mountain salamander	GA
	Plethodon shenandoah	Shenandoah salamander	VA
	Notophthalmus meridionalis	Black-spotted newt	TX
G2	Ambystoma cingulatum	Flatwoods salamander	AL, FL, GA, SC
	Desmognathus carolinensis	Carolina mountain dusky salamander	NC, TN
	Desmognathus ocoee	Ocoee salamander	AL, GA, NC, SC, TN
	Desmognathus orestes	Blue Ridge dusky salamander	NC, VA
	Eurycea pterophila	Blanco River Springs salamander	TX
	Gyrinophilus palleucus	Tennessee cave salamander	AL, GA, TN
	Haideotriton wallacei	Georgia blind salamander	FL, GA
	Phaeognathus hubrichti	Red Hills salamander	AL
	Plethodon aureolus	Tellico salamander	NC, TN
	Plethodon caddoensis	Caddo Mountain salamander	AR
	Plethodon fourchensis	Fourche Mountain salamander	AR
	Plethodon hubrichti	Peaks of Otter salamander	VA
	Plethodon ouachitae	Rich Mountain salamander	AR,OK
	Plethodon virginia	Shenandoah mountain salamander	VA
	Necturus alabamensis	Black warrior waterdog	AL
	Notophthalmus perstriatus	Striped newt	FL, GA
	Siren sp. 1	Lesser siren (Rio Grande Population)	TX
G3	Amphiuma pholeter	One-toed amphiuma	AL, FL, GA, MS
	Aneides aeneus	Green salamander	AL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA
	Desmognathus aeneus	Seepage salamander	AL, GA, NC, SC, TN
	Desmognathus apalachicolae	Apalachicola dusky salamander	AL, FL, GA
	Desmognathus brimleyorum	Ouachita dusky salamander	AR, OK
	Desmognathus imitator	Imitator salamander	NC, TN
	Desmognathus santeetlah	Santeetlah dusky salamander	NC, TN
	Desmognathus wrighti	Pigmy salamander	NC, TN, VA
	Eurycea junaluska	Junaluska salamander	NC, TN
	Eurycea sp. 9	Sandhills salamander	NC
	Eurycea tynerensis	Oklahoma salamander	AR, OK
	Plethodon punctatus	White-spotted salamander	VA
	Plethodon teyahalee	Southern Appalachian salamander	GA, NC, TN
	Plethodon websteri	Webster’s salamander	AL, GA, LA, MS, SC
	Plethodon welleri	Weller’s salamander	NC, TN, VA
	Necturus lewisi	Neuse River waterdog	NC

^a Critically imperiled.

^b Imperiled.

^c Vulnerable.

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