Biology:Cheoah Bald salamander
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Cheoah Bald 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. cheoah
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| Binomial name | |
| Plethodon cheoah Highton & Peabody, 2000
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The Cheoah Bald salamander (Plethodon cheoah) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the state of North Carolina[2] in the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests and it is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly considered a variant of the red-cheeked salamander until it was found to be a distinct species.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Plethodon cheoah". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T59333A118993648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T59333A118993648.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59333/118993648. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Plethodon cheoah". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.104640/Plethodon_cheoah.
- ↑ "AmphibiaWeb - Plethodon cheoah". https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Plethodon&where-species=cheoah.
Wikidata ☰ Q1594632 entry
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