Shenandoah salamander

Shenandoah salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
Genus: Plethodon
Species:
P. shenandoah
Binomial name
Plethodon shenandoah
Highton and Worthington, 1967
The habitat of the Shenandoah salamander is limited to 3 talus slopes within the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia
Synonyms[5]

Plethodon richmondi shenandoah Highton and Worthington, 1967[4]

The Shenandoah salamander (Plethodon shenandoah) is a small, terrestrial salamander found exclusively in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The Shenandoah salamander inhabits a very small range of land on just three mountain peaks. Due to the small habitat range, interspecies competition, and climate change, the population of the Shenandoah salamander is vulnerable to extinction. Mitigating human effects on the habitat of the species will be essential in attempting to preserve and grow the population.

  1. ^ Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Plethodon shenandoah". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T17629A1437677. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Shenandoah salamander (Plethodon shenandoah)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ^ U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1989). Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the Cheat Mountain Salamander and Endangered Status for the Shenandoah Salamander. Federal Register, 54(159), 34464–34468. 54 FR 34464
  4. ^ Highton, Richard; Worthington, Richard D. (1967). "A new salamander of the genus Plethodon from Virginia". Copeia. 1967 (3): 617–626. doi:10.2307/1442241. JSTOR 1442241.
  5. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Plethodon shenandoah Highton and Worthington, 1967". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 September 2017.