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Shenandoah salamander: Plethodon shenandoah: Endangered State Endangered Critically Imperiled (G1) Big Levels salamander: Plethodon sherando: Imperiled (G2) Southern zigzag salamander: Plethodon ventralis: Critically Imperiled (S1) Shenandoah Mountain salamander: Plethodon virginia: Imperiled (S2) Wehrle's salamander: Plethodon wehrlei ...
The Big Levels salamander (Plethodon sherando) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Virginia in the eastern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] First described in 2004, it derives its specific name , sherando , from Sherando Lake in the George Washington National Forest . [ 2 ]
The mudpuppy jaw is considered metaautostyly, like most amphibians, meaning the jaw is more stable and that the salamander has a dentary. [15] This affects their diet by limiting the flexibility of the jaw to take in larger prey. The mudpuppy has few predators which may include fish, crayfish, turtles, and water snakes. Fishermen also ...
The Shenandoah Mountain salamander (Plethodon virginia) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae native to the eastern United States. It should not be confused with the Shenandoah salamander ( P. shenandoah ), which inhabits Shenandoah National Park, east of Shenandoah Mountain .
The skin of salamanders, in common with other amphibians, is thin, permeable to water, serves as a respiratory membrane, and is well-supplied with glands. It has highly cornified outer layers, renewed periodically through a skin shedding process controlled by hormones from the pituitary and thyroid glands.
The northern two-lined salamander is a small salamander, with adults ranging from 65–120 mm in total length. [4] This salamander is yellow or yellowish-brown, with two black stripes running down the back which tends to break up after the base of the tail. The flanks are mottled grayish or brown. [5] The belly is pale yellowish, nearly ...
Like most woodland salamanders, the Shenandoah salamander eats mites, flies, small beetles, springtails, and other soil invertebrates. [9] No direct observation of predation of the Shenandoah salamander has ever been reported, but potential predators residing within the habitat of the Shenandoah salamander include ring-necked snakes, short-tailed shrews, brown thrashers, and towhees. [10]
The flat-headed salamander (Desmognathus planiceps) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it is known from Virginia and likely North Carolina. [3] [4] [2]