Plethodon chlorobryonis Mittleman, 1951 is a animal in the Plethodontidae family, order Caudata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Plethodon chlorobryonis Mittleman, 1951 (Plethodon chlorobryonis Mittleman, 1951)
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Plethodon chlorobryonis Mittleman, 1951

Plethodon chlorobryonis Mittleman, 1951

The Atlantic Coast slimy salamander is a plethodontid salamander endemic to the southeastern US Atlantic coastal plain.

Genus
Plethodon
Order
Caudata
Class
Amphibia

About Plethodon chlorobryonis Mittleman, 1951

The Atlantic Coast slimy salamander, scientifically known as Plethodon chlorobryonis, is a salamander species belonging to the family Plethodontidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Its distribution spans the Southeastern United States, ranging from southeastern Virginia to northern Georgia. It occurs mostly along the Atlantic coastal plain, though it can also be found in the Piedmont region of Virginia and South Carolina, and in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia. Its habitat is mostly restricted to bottomland hardwood forests. NatureServe lists this species' conservation status as Secure, but population declines have been recorded in every studied population of this species.

Photo: (c) Todd Pierson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Caudata Plethodontidae Plethodon

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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