Smaller, darker, and more spotted than Jefferson and silvery salamanders, with narrower snout and shorter legs. Adpressed limbs overlap 1-2 costal folds. Larva is dark brown with yellowish back blotches and a yellow side stripe. Also in floodplain forests, oak savannas, pine plantations, marshes, and miscellaneous second-growth forests. Diet includes beetles, centipedes, slugs, worms, and other invertebrates.
Greatest threat is urban sprawl.