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title: "Mississippi Slimy Salamander"
description: "Plethodon mississippi — Amfibieën. The Mississippi slimy salamander (Plethodon mississippi) is a species of terrestrial plethodontid salamander found throughout most of the U.S."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mississippi-slimy-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mississippi Slimy Salamander

> Plethodon mississippi — Amfibieën. The Mississippi slimy salamander (Plethodon mississippi) is a species of terrestrial plethodontid salamander found throughout most of the U.S.

- Scientific name: *Plethodon mississippi*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1227
- Wikidata: [Q4673497](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4673497)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27160](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27160)

## Names

- en: Mississippi Slimy Salamander
- es: Salamandra Limosa del Misisipi
- fr: Pléthodon visqueux du Mississippi

## Countries with the most observations

US (1107)

## Summary

The Mississippi slimy salamander (Plethodon mississippi) is a species of terrestrial plethodontid salamander found throughout most of the U.S. state of Mississippi, western Alabama, western Tennessee, far western Kentucky, and eastern Louisiana. The Mississippi slimy salamander is part of the larger slimy salamander (P. glutinosus) complex.

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

## Photo

![Mississippi Slimy Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mississippi-slimy-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/355879809

## Machine access

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