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Plethodon

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Plethodon
Temporal range: Hemphillian–recent[1]
Plethodon teyahalee.jpg
Southern Appalachian salamander (Plethodon teyahalee)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
Genus: Plethodon
Tschudi, 1838
Synonyms[2]
  • Sauropsis Fitzinger, 1843
  • Hightonia Vieites, Román, Wake, and Wake, 2011

Plethodon is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae. They are also known as woodland salamanders or, more rarely, slimy salamanders.[2] All members of the genus are endemic to North America (Canada and USA).[2] They have no aquatic larval stage. In some species, such as Plethodon cinereus, the red-backed salamander, eggs are laid underneath a stone or log.[3] Young hatch in the adult form.[3] Members of Plethodon primarily eat small invertebrates.[4] The earliest known fossils of this genus are from the Hemphillian of Tennessee in the United States.[1]

Species

There are 56 species in the genus Plethodon.[2] Listed in alphabetical order of specific name:

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Plethodon.

References

  1. ^ a b "Plethodon Tschudi 1838". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Plethodon Tschudi, 1838". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Plethodon cinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T59334A78907687. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Plethodon cinereus (Eastern Red-backed Salamander)". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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