Southern gray-cheeked salamander
| Southern gray-cheeked salamander | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Plethodon |
| Species: | P. metcalfi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plethodon metcalfi Brimley, 1912 | |
The southern gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon metcalfi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the area where North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia adjoin each other in the southeastern United States. The species has a known altitudinal range of 256 to 1,295 m in the mountains of the region.[1] Where their ranges overlap, it hybridizes with P. jordani and P. teyahalee.[1]
Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Plethodon metcalfi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2015-04-25.