Southern gray-cheeked salamander | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Subfamily: | Plethodontinae |
Genus: | Plethodon |
Species: | P. metcalfi
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Binomial name | |
Plethodon metcalfi Brimley, 1912
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The southern gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon metcalfi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the area where North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia adjoin each other in the southeastern United States. The species has a known altitudinal range of 256 to 1,295 m in the mountains of the region. [1] Where their ranges overlap, it hybridizes with P. jordani and P. teyahalee. [1] Its natural habitat is temperate forests.