Cheoah bald salamander

Cheoah bald salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Plethodon
Species: P. cheoah
Binomial name
Plethodon cheoah
Highton & Peabody, 2000

The Cheoah bald salamander (Plethodon cheoah) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperateforests and is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. Hammerson, G. & Beamer, D. 2004. Plethodon cheoah. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.


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