Southeastern slimy salamander

The southeastern slimy salamander (Plethodon grobmani) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it is distributed in the Southeastern United States from southern Georgia west to Alabama and south to central Florida. Its natural habitats are steephead valleys, maritime forests and bottomland hardwood forests.[1][2] Initially identified as a subspecies of P. glutinosus, P. grobmani is named for American zoologist Dr. Arnold B. Grobman.[3]

Southeastern slimy salamander

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
Genus: Plethodon
Species:
P. grobmani
Binomial name
Plethodon grobmani
Allen and Neill, 1949

Description

P. grobmani's length snout to the base of the tail is 49.9 millimetres (1.96 in) with a tail length of 61.3 millimetres (2.41 in). Body width is 8.2 millimetres (0.32 in). Skin coloration is black. The back has scattered gold dots and the sides have large grey dots.[3]


References
  1. "AmphibiaWeb - Plethodon grobmani". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. "Comprehensive Report Species - Plethodon grobmani". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  3. Allen, E. Ross; Neill, Wilfred T. (Dec 15, 1949). "A New Subspecies of Salamander (Genus Plethodon) from Florida and Georgia". Herpetologica. 5 (6): 112–114. JSTOR 3889491.


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