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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
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| name = Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander
|name=Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander
| image =
|image=Plethodon amplus 157030770.jpg
| status = VU
|status=EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_system=IUCN3.1
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
|status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 9 December 2022">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2022 |title=''Plethodon amplus'' |volume=2022 |page=e.T59330A118993366|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59330/118993366 |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
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|genus=Plethodon
| classis = [[Amphibia]]
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|species=amplus
| ordo = [[Caudata]]
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|authority=Highton & Peabody, 2000
| familia = [[Plethodontidae]]
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| genus = ''[[Plethodon]]''
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| species = '''''P. amplus'''''
| binomial = ''Plethodon amplus''
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| binomial_authority = Highton & Peabody, 2000
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The '''Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander''' (''Plethodon amplus'') is a species of [[salamander]] in the family [[Plethodontidae]] [[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 [[forest]]s. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].<ref>Hammerson, G. & Beamer, D. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59330/all Plethodon amplus]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ |date=June 27, 2014 }} Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
The '''Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander''' ('''''Plethodon amplus''''') is a species of [[salamander]] in the family [[Plethodontidae]] [[endemic]] to the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] of [[North Carolina]], United States. It is one of 55 species in the genus ''Plethodon'' and one of the most recently to be described. Its natural [[habitat]] is temperate [[forest]]s. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].<ref name="iucn status 9 December 2022" />
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[[Category:Plethodon]]
[[Category:Plethodon]]
[[Category:Amphibians of the United States]]
[[Category:Endemic amphibians of the United States]]
[[Category:Salamanders described in the 21st century]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 2000]]
[[Category:Vertebrates described in 2000]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of North Carolina]]




Latest revision as of 23:40, 22 May 2024

Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
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 family Plethodontidae endemic to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States. It is one of 55 species in the genus Plethodon and one of the most recently to be described. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Plethodon amplus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T59330A118993366. Retrieved 24 December 2022.


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