Coeur d'Alene salamander

Coeur d'Alene salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
Genus: Plethodon
Species:
P. idahoensis
Binomial name
Plethodon idahoensis
Slater & Slipp, 1940[2]
Synonyms

Plethodon vandykei idahoensis

The Coeur d'Alene salamander (Plethodon idahoensis) is a species of woodland salamander (Plethodon) in the family of lungless salamanders (Plethodontidae) found in northern Idaho, western Montana, and southeastern British Columbia.[1][3] This species was discovered in 1939 by James R. Slater and John W. Slipp on the south shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho.[2] It was once considered to be a subspecies of Van Dyke's salamander, as P. vandykei idahoensis, but appears to be a distinct and separate species as originally suggested by Slater and Slipp (1940).[3]

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Plethodon idahoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T59342A78907138. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T59342A78907138.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Slater JR, Slipp JW (1940). "A new species of Plethodon from Northern Idaho" (PDF). Occasional Papers, Department of Biology, University of Puget Sound. 8: 38–43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  3. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Plethodon idahoensis Slater and Slipp, 1940". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 September 2015.