Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander
| Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Plethodon |
| Species: | P. amplus |
| Binomial name | |
| Plethodon amplus Highton & Peabody, 2000 | |
The Blue Ridge gray-cheeked Salamander (Plethodon amplus) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. It is one of 55 species in the genus Plethodon and one of the last to be described of its cogeners.
Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Hammerson, G. & Beamer, D. 2004. Plethodon amplus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.