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Abbreviation Legend
- (CE) - Criticially Endangered
- (CI) - Critically Imperiled
- (E) - Endangered
- (I) - Introduced
- (IM) - Imperiled
- (NT) - Near Threatened
- (T) - Threatened
- (V) - Vulnerable
- (**) - Recent Classification Change
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Aquatic Salamanders (Proteidae) of the United States
The family Proteidae is a group of aquatic salamanders found today in the Balkan Peninsula and North America. The range of the genus Necturus runs from southern central Canada, through the midwestern United Sates, east to North Carolina and south to Georgia and Mississippi. The fossil record of the family extends into the late Cretaceous, with Parancturus being known from the Maastrichtiasn of North Amercia.
There are 8 species, representing 1 genus, found in the United States, all of which are native to the U.S.
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