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Plethodon wehrlei

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA CAUDATA PLETHODONTIDAE

Scientific Name: Plethodon wehrlei
Species Authority: Fowler and Dunn, 1917
Common Name/s:
English – Wehrle's Salamander

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Geoffrey Hammerson
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species can be found in the Appalachian Plateau of the eastern USA from southwestern New York to northeastern Tennessee and northwestern North Carolina (Petranka 1998).
Countries:
Native:
United States
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Population [top]

Population: Populations are secure in a broad portion of range.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It can be found in upland forests and woodlands (e.g., red spruce-yellow birch, mixed deciduous). Found in rock crevices, under rocks, logs, and leaves, and in twilight zone of caves (at lower elevations). Eggs are laid in damp logs, moss, cave crevices, and other protected sites.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): No major threats. Local populations are likely to be impacted by deforestation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Yellow-spotted isolates, whose systematic affinities have not been determined, occur in Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia; these populations should receive high priority for protection (Petranka 1998). It occurs in several protected areas.
Citation: Geoffrey Hammerson 2004. Plethodon wehrlei. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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