South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander

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]

South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Plethodon meridianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T59347A118995365. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. "AmphibiaWeb - Plethodon meridianus". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
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