Biology:Southern gray-cheeked salamander

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Southern gray-cheeked salamander
Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander close up.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
Genus: Plethodon
Species:
P. metcalfi
Binomial name
Plethodon metcalfi
Brimley, 1912

The southern gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon metcalfi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the area where North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia adjoin each other in the southeastern United States. The species has a known altitudinal range of 256 to 1,295 m in the mountains of the region.[1] Where their ranges overlap, it hybridizes with P. jordani and P. teyahalee.[1] Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Plethodon metcalfi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T59348A56342321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T59348A56342321.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59348/56342321. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 

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