Blue Ridge dusky salamander

Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species: D. orestes
Binomial name
Desmognathus orestes
Tilley & Mahoney, 1996

The Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander, (Desmognathus orestes), is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.

Distribution

The species is endemic to the Blue Ridge Mountains range of the southern Appalachian Mountains, within western Virginia and North Carolina in the Southeastern United States.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater springs, and rocky areas.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Description

The Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander is medium-sized.

They mate early summer through fall. Their eggs are laid under logs or rocks.

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