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title: "Four-toed Salamander"
description: "Hemidactylium scutatum — Amphibians. The four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) is a lungless salamander native to eastern North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/four-toed-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Four-toed Salamander

> Hemidactylium scutatum — Amphibians. The four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) is a lungless salamander native to eastern North America.

- Scientific name: *Hemidactylium scutatum*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 6095
- Wikidata: [Q2033039](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2033039)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27652](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27652)

## Names

- en: Four-toed Salamander
- de: Vierzehensalamander
- es: Salamandra de Cuatro Dedos
- fr: Desmodactyle
- nl: Vierteensalamander

## Countries with the most observations

US (4832), CA (1004)

## Summary

The four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) is a lungless salamander native to eastern North America. It is the only species of the monotypic genus Hemidactylium.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-toed_salamander

## Photo

![Four-toed Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/four-toed-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alan Jeon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260650035

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/four-toed-salamander?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).