Shenandoah Mountain salamander
Shenandoah Mountain Salamander | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Plethodon |
Species: | P. virginia |
Binomial name | |
Plethodon virginia Highton, 1999 | |
The Shenandoah Mountain salamander (Plethodon virginia) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family, endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Hammerson, G. 2004. Plethodon virginia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.