Blue Ridge Gray-cheeked Salamander
Plethodon amplus
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Amphibians
The Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States. It is one of 55 species in the genus Plethodon and one of the most recently to be described. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Plethodontidae
- Genus
- Plethodon