Biology:South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| South Mountain gray-cheeked 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. meridianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Plethodon meridianus Highton & Peabody, 2000
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Plethodon meridianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T59347A118995365. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59347/118995365. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ↑ "AmphibiaWeb - Plethodon meridianus". https://amphibiaweb.org/species/5844.
Wikidata ☰ Q2511246 entry
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