Ouachita Dusky Salamander | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Desmognathus |
Species: | D. brimleyorum |
Binomial name | |
Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895 |
The Ouachita Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus brimleyorum) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family, which is endemic to the United States. The specific epithet is in honor Herbert Hutchinson Brimley and his younger brother, Clement Samuel Brimley, both of whom were zoologists.
Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers.