| Mud salamander | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Pseudotriton |
| Species: | P. montanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1849 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Spelerpes ruber montanus -- Cope, 1889 |
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The mud salamander (Pseudotriton montanus) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.