Biology:Dwarf black-bellied salamander

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Dwarf black-bellied salamander
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species:
D. folkertsi
Binomial name
Desmognathus folkertsi
Camp, Tilley, Austin & Marshall, 2002

The dwarf black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus folkertsi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the United States .

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers.

The dwarf black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus folkertsi) was originally thought to be the blackbelly salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) as they appear similar and are sympatric in the areas that the dwarf black-bellied salamander is found. They can be distinguished through genetically different loci or morphologically in that D. folkertsi are smaller, have different coloration and patterns, and different proportions in body.[2]

References

  1. Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). "Desmognathus folkertsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59248A11906316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59248A11906316.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59248/11906316. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Camp, Carlos D.; Tilley, Stephen G.; Austin, Richard M.; Marshall, Jeremy L. (2002). [0471:ansobs2.0.co;2 "A NEW SPECIES OF BLACK-BELLIED SALAMANDER (GENUS DESMOGNATHUS) FROM THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA"]. Herpetologica 58 (4): 471–484. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0471:ansobs2.0.co;2]. ISSN 0018-0831. http://dx.doi.org/10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0471:ansobs]2.0.co;2. 

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