Welcome to the Amphibians page!
Named for the way they prop themselves upward like a seal, the Seal Salamander is a creature that loves to eat insects, worms, and otherinvertebrates. Native to the Appalachain Mountains, the Seal Salamander grows to be 3 - 6 inches.
These goopy little goobers are happy to live in wetlands, forests, and ponds. They love to eat worms, insects, spiders, and even other salamanders! Mud Salamanders live all over NC.
While they may be cute, the Red-spotted Newt is not to be touched unless you wash your hands after as it may carry salmonella. These creatures spend their days in ponds, forests, meadows, and streams. Adult newts will eat insects, spiders, and worms.
Insects, crawfish, and little vertebrates watch out, the American bullfrog comes out at night! With a steadily increasing population, American Bullfrogs makes a home out of damp environments such as lakes, rivers, and swamps.
These freshwater friends live in slow moving creeks, forests, marshes, and ponds. If you‘re looking to see one in person, Madison County, Buncombe County, Transylvania County, and Polk County have the densest Pickerel population in all of western NC.
Classified as endangered, the Eastern Hellbender calls the New, Watauga, French Broad, Little Tennessee, and Hiwassee rivers home here in WNC! They feed off of crayfish, but they will also eat fish, insects, and worms. When they hunt, they are ambush predators, which means they sneak up on their prey before eating them.
