Biology:South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander

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Short description: Species of amphibian

South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
Genus: Plethodon
Species:
P. meridianus
Binomial name
Plethodon meridianus
Highton & Peabody, 2000

The South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon meridianus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the state of North Carolina in the United States , where it is only found in the South Mountains. It was formerly considered a variant of the red-cheeked salamander (P. jordani). Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2511246 entry