Biology:Dixie Cavern salamander
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Dixie Cavern salamander | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Plethodontinae |
| Genus: | Plethodon |
| Species: | P. dixi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plethodon dixi Pope and Fowler, 1949
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The Dixie Cavern salamander (Plethodon dixi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the state of Virginia in the United States. It is most often found in Roanoke County, but several specimens have been recorded in surrounding counties.[1] It was commonly confused with Wehrle's salamander (P. wehrlei) and was merged with that species shortly after description, but a 2019 study reaffirmed it as a distinct species.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Dixie Cavern Salamander". https://inaturalist.org/taxa/733752-Plethodon-dixi.
- ↑ "AmphibiaWeb - Plethodon dixi". https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8818.
- ↑ Camp, Carlos D.; Pierson, Todd W.; Wooten, Jessica A.; Felix, Zachary I. (2019-05-24). "Re-evaluation of the Wehrle's salamander (Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn) species group (Caudata: Plethodontidae) using genomic data, with the description of a new species" (in en). Zootaxa 4609 (3): 429–448. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31717092. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4609.3.2.
Wikidata ☰ Q65042699 entry
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