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Plethodon Tschudi, 1838
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173648

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Sauropsis Fitzinger, 1843
		Saurophis Fitzinger, 1843
		Hightonia Vieites, Román, Wake and Wake, 2011
	Common Name(s):	Woodland Salamanders [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2019

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Amphibia – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians
	Order	Caudata – salamandres, salamandra, Salamanders
	Family	Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 – Lungless Salamanders
	Subfamily	Plethodontinae Gray, 1850 – Plethodontine Salamanders
	Genus	Plethodon Tschudi, 1838 – Woodland Salamanders
		Direct Children:
	Species	Plethodon albagula Grobman, 1944 – Western Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon amplus Highton and Peabody, 2000 – Blue Ridge Gray-cheeked Salamander
	Species	Plethodon angusticlavius Grobman, 1944 – Ozark Salamander, Ozark Zigzag Salamander
	Species	Plethodon asupak Mead, Clayton, Nauman, Olson and Pfrender, 2005 – Scott Bar Salamander
	Species	Plethodon aureolus Highton, 1984 – Tellico Salamander
	Species	Plethodon caddoensis Pope and Pope, 1951 – Caddo Mountain Salamander
	Species	Plethodon chattahoochee Highton in Highton, Maha and Maxson, 1989 – Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon cheoah Highton and Peabody, 2000 – Cheoah Bald Salamander
	Species	Plethodon chlorobryonis Mittleman, 1951 – Atlantic Coast Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) – Redback Salamander, salamandre rayée, Red-backed Salamander, Eastern Red-backed Salamander
	Species	Plethodon cylindraceus (Harlan, 1825) – White-spotted Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon dixi Pope and Fowler, 1949
	Species	Plethodon dorsalis Cope, 1889 – Zigzag Salamander, Zig-zag Salamander, Northern Zigzag Salamander
	Species	Plethodon dunni Bishop, 1934 – Dunn's Salamander
	Species	Plethodon electromorphus Highton, 1999 – Northern Ravine Salamander
	Species	Plethodon elongatus Van Denburgh, 1916 – Del Norte Salamander
	Species	Plethodon fourchensis Duncan and Highton, 1979 – Fourche Mountain Salamander
	Species	Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) – Slimy Salamander, Northern Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon grobmani Allen and Neill, 1949 – Southeastern Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon hoffmani Highton, 1972 – Valley and Ridge Salamander
	Species	Plethodon hubrichti Thurow, 1957 – Peaks of Otter Salamander
	Species	Plethodon idahoensis Slater and Slipp, 1940 – Coeur d'Alene Salamander
	Species	Plethodon jacksoni Newman, 1954
	Species	Plethodon jordani Blatchley, 1901 – Appalachian Salamander, Jordan's Salamander, Red-cheeked Salamander
	Species	Plethodon kentucki Mittleman, 1951 – Kentucky Salamander, Cumberland Plateau Salamander
	Species	Plethodon kiamichi Highton in Highton, Maha and Maxson, 1989 – Kiamichi Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon kisatchie Highton in Highton, Maha and Maxson, 1989 – Louisiana Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon larselli Burns, 1954 – Larch Mountain Salamander
	Species	Plethodon meridianus Highton and Peabody, 2000 – South Mountain Gray-cheeked Salamander
	Species	Plethodon metcalfi Brimley, 1912 – Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander
	Species	Plethodon mississippi Highton in Highton, Maha and Maxson, 1989 – Mississippi Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon montanus Highton and Peabody, 2000 – Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander
	Species	Plethodon neomexicanus Stebbins and Riemer, 1950 – Jemez Mountains Salamander
	Species	Plethodon nettingi Green, 1938 – Cheat Mountain Salamander
	Species	Plethodon ocmulgee Highton in Highton, Maha and Maxson, 1989 – Ocmulgee Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon ouachitae Dunn and Heinze, 1933 – Rich Mountain Salamander
	Species	Plethodon pauleyi Felix, Wooten, Pierson and Camp, 2019
	Species	Plethodon petraeus Wynn, Highton and Jacobs, 1988 – Pigeon Mountain Salamander
	Species	Plethodon punctatus Highton, 1972 – White-spotted Salamander, White Spotted Salamander, Cow Knob Salamander
	Species	Plethodon richmondi Netting and Mittleman, 1938 – Ravine Salamander, Southern Ravine Salamander
	Species	Plethodon savannah Highton in Highton, Maha and Maxson, 1989 – Savannah Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon sequoyah Highton in Highton, Maha and Maxson, 1989 – Sequoyah Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944 – Southern Red-backed Salamander
	Species	Plethodon shenandoah Highton and Worthington, 1967 – Shenandoah Salamander
	Species	Plethodon sherando Highton, 2004 – Big Levels Salamander
	Species	Plethodon shermani Stejneger, 1906 – Red-legged Salamander
	Species	Plethodon stormi Highton and Brame, 1965 – Siskiyou Mountains Salamander
	Species	Plethodon teyahalee Hairston, 1950 – Southern Appalachian Salamander
	Species	Plethodon vandykei Van Denburgh, 1906 – Van Dyke's Salamander
	Species	Plethodon variolatus (Gilliams, 1818) – South Carolina Slimy Salamander
	Species	Plethodon vehiculum (Cooper, 1860) – Western Red-backed Salamander
	Species	Plethodon ventralis Highton, 1997 – Southern Zigzag Salamander
	Species	Plethodon virginia Highton, 1999 – Shenandoah Mountain Salamander
	Species	Plethodon websteri Highton, 1979 – Webster's Salamander
	Species	Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn, 1917 – Wehrle's Salamander
	Species	Plethodon welleri Walker, 1931 – Weller's Salamander
	Species	Plethodon yonahlossee Dunn, 1917 – Yonahlossee Salamander

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Plethodon

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)
	Acquired:	2019
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Plethodon

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Plethodon

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2008
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular No. 37
	Page(s):	1-84
	Publisher:	Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-916984-74-5
	Notes:	Available free as a PDF at http://ssarherps.org/pages/HerpCommNames.php
	Reference for:	Plethodon, Woodland Salamanders [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2017
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular, no. 43
	Page(s):	102
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	978-1-946681-003
	Notes:	Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/
	Reference for:	Woodland Salamanders[English]

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