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Yellow-spotted Woodland Salamander
Plethodon pauleyi
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Chordata ›Class: Amphibia ›Order: Caudata ›Family: Plethodontidae ›Genus: Plethodon
About
The yellow-spotted woodland salamander (Plethodon pauleyi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it is distributed throughout the Cumberland Plateau in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. Its natural habitat is temperate forest. It was long considered to be both an isolated western population and a unique yellow-spotted color morph of the Wehrle's salamander (P. wehrlei), but a study published in 2019 found it to be...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Yellow-spotted Woodland Salamander is Plethodon pauleyi.
- Yellow-spotted Woodland Salamander belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
- Yellow-spotted Woodland Salamander belongs to the phylum Chordata.
- Yellow-spotted Woodland Salamander belongs to the class Amphibia.
- Yellow-spotted Woodland Salamander belongs to the order Caudata.
- Yellow-spotted Woodland Salamander belongs to the family Plethodontidae.
- Yellow-spotted Woodland Salamander belongs to the genus Plethodon.