Woodland salamander
| Woodland salamanders | |
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| Plethodon teyahalee | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Plethodontinae |
| Genus: | Plethodon Tschudi, 1838[1] |
| Species | |
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55 species, see text | |
Woodland salamanders are lungless salamanders of the genus Plethodon. They are named so due to their association with a variety of woodland habitats. All members of the genus are found in North America.[2] They have no aquatic larval stage; eggs are laid underneath a stone or log, and young hatch in the adult form.[3] Members of Plethodon primarily eat small invertebrates[2]
Species
Listed in alphabetical order of specific name.
- Ainsworth's salamander (P. ainsworthi), believed to be extinct
- Northern slimy salamander (P. albagula)
- Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander (P. amplus)
- Ozark zigzag salamander (P. angusticlavius)
- Scott Bar salamander (P. asupak)
- Tellico salamander (P. aureolus)
- Caddo Mountain salamander (Plethodon caddoensis)
- Chattahoochee salamander (P. chattahoochee)
- Cheoah bald salamander (P. cheoah)
- Atlantic Coast slimy salamander (P. chlorobryonis)
- Red-backed salamander (P. cinereus)
- White-spotted slimy salamander (P. cylindraceus )
- Northern zigzag salamander (P. dorsalis)
- Dunn's salamander (P. dunni)
- Northern ravine salamander (P. electromorphus)
- Del Norte salamander (P. elongatus)
- Fourche Mountain salamander (P. fourchensis)
- Northern slimy salamander (P. glutinosus)
- Southeastern slimy salamander (P. grobmani)
- Valley and ridge salamander (P. hoffmani)
- Peaks of Otter salamander (P. hubrichti), formerly a subspecies of Netting's salamander (P. nettingi)
- Coeur d'Alene salamander (P. idahoensis)
- Red-cheeked salamander or Jordan's salamander (P. jordani)
- Cumberland Plateau salamander (P. kentucki)
- Kiamichi slimy salamander (P. kiamichi)
- Louisiana slimy salamander (P. kisatchie)
- Larch Mountain salamander (P. larselli)
- South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander (P. meridianus)
- Southern gray-cheeked salamander (P. metcalfi)
- Mississippi slimy salamander (P. mississippi)
- Northern gray-cheeked salamander (P. montanus)
- Jemez Mountains salamander (P. neomexicanus)
- Cheat Mountain salamander (P. nettingi), formerly a subspecies of Netting's salamander (P. nettingi)
- Ocmulgee slimy salamander (P. ocmulgee)
- Rich Mountain salamander (P. ouachitae)
- Pigeon Mountain salamander (P. petraeus)
- White-spotted salamander (P. punctatus), not to be confused with the spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum
- Ravine salamander (P. richmondi)
- Savannah slimy salamander (P. savannah)
- Sequoyah slimy salamander (P. sequoyah)
- Southern red-backed salamander (P. serratus)
- Shenandoah salamander (P. shenandoah), formerly a subspecies of Netting's salamander (P. nettingi)
- Big Levels salamander (P. sherando)
- Red-legged salamander (P. shermani)
- Siskiyou Mountains salamander (P. stormi)
- Southern Appalachian salamander (P. teyahalee)
- Van Dyke's salamander (P. vandykei)
- South Carolina slimy salamander (P. variolatus)
- Western redback salamander (P. vehiculum)
- Southern zigzag salamander (P. ventralis)
- Shenandoah Mountain salamander (P. virginia)
- Webster's salamander (P. websteri)
- Wehrle's salamander (P. wehrlei)
- Weller's salamander (P. welleri)
- Yonahlossee salamander (P. yonahlossee)
References
- ↑ Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference. research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia.
- 1 2 "Plethodon cinereus (Eastern Red-backed Salamander)". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ↑ "Plethodon cinereus (Eastern Red-backed Salamander, Redback Salamander)". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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