Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) injecting PIT tag
CAPTIVE
Hiwassee River, Cherokee National Forest
Tennessee
USA
HABITAT & RANGE: Clear, fast-flowing streams and rivers of Susquehanna River drainage in southern New York and Pennsylvania, and large portions Missouri, Ohio, and Mississippi River drainages from western Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, extreme southern Indiana, most of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, northern Alabama and Georgia, western North Carolina and Virginia.