where is the eastern hellbender salamander located
Eastern Hellbender 1 eastern hellbender NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION Photo by: Dottie Brown Photo courtesy of NCWRC fact sheet, 2012 T he hellbender is one of only three giant salamanders found in the world. North Carolina is home to more than 65 species of salamanders, with 50 species in our mountain region alone. The Eastern hellbender (Crypto-branchus a. alleganiensis) is one of the largest salamanders found in North Carolina and the United States. Only the amphiuma, a salamander shaped like an eel, is longer.