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title: "Cherokee Blackbelly Salamander"
description: "Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli — Anfibi. The Cherokee black-bellied salamander or Smoky Mountains black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/cherokee-blackbelly-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cherokee Blackbelly Salamander

> Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli — Anfibi. The Cherokee black-bellied salamander or Smoky Mountains black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1627
- iNaturalist taxon: [1404300](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1404300)

## Names

- en: Cherokee Blackbelly Salamander

## Countries with the most observations

US (1251)

## Summary

The Cherokee black-bellied salamander or Smoky Mountains black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the eastern United States, where it is only known from the southern Appalachian Mountains.
It is known from extreme western North Carolina and southeastern Tennessee. It is restricted mostly to the Great Smoky Mountains, with isolated records also known from the Unicoi, Great Balsam, and Bald Mountains. This is the more common of the two species of "blackbelly salamander" known from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This…

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

## Photo

![Cherokee Blackbelly Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cherokee-blackbelly-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Edwin Wilke · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218946086

## Machine access

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