Sequoyah slimy salamander

The Sequoyah slimy salamander (Plethodon sequoyah) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.

Sequoyah slimy salamander

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
Genus: Plethodon
Species:
P. sequoyah
Binomial name
Plethodon sequoyah
Highton, 1989

It is endemic to the Ouachita Mountains in the United States, where it is only known from Beavers Bend State Park in Oklahoma (although specimens possibly from the same species have been taken from outside the park) as well as a small portion of extreme southwestern Arkansas. There is some doubt as to whether it is distinct from the northern slimy salamander (P. glutinosus). Its natural habitat is temperate forests.[1][2][3]

Sources

  1. "AmphibiaWeb - Plethodon sequoyah". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  2. "Comprehensive Report Species - Plethodon sequoyah". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  3. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-05-30.


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