Northern gray-cheeked salamander

Northern gray-cheeked salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Plethodon
Species: P. montanus
Binomial name
Plethodon montanus
Highton & Peabody, 2000

The northern gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon montanus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the eastern United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. t is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. Hammerson, G. 2004. Plethodon montanus. 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2 June 2013.


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