Siskiyou Mountains salamander
Topic: Biology
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Plethodontinae |
| Genus: | Plethodon |
| Species: | P. stormi
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| Plethodon stormi Highton & Brame, 1965
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Etymology
The specific name, stormi, is in honor of Canadian-American herpetologist Robert Macleod Storm.[2]
Description
The Siskiyou Mountains salamander is rich brown in color with white speckles. It is about 9 cm (4 in) long, not counting the tail, which is variable in length. Like all of the plethodontids, it lacks lungs and respires through its moist skin. It is nocturnal, prefers cool, moist environments, and is most active during rainfall or high humidity. It stays underground during hot periods and freezes.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. stormi is rocky areas of forest, at altitudes of 490–1,463 m (1,608–4,800 ft).[1]
Reproduction
The adult female P. stormi lays a clutch of 2–18 eggs every other year.[1]
Conservation
Other local amphibians
Other prominent amphibians within the range of P. stormi include the rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa.[3]
See also
- Siskiyou Mountains
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Plethodon stormi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T17628A118974655.en. Accessed on 22 September 2024.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. xiii + 244 pp. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1. (Plethodon stormi, p. 207).
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan, 2008.
Sources
- Bishop, Sherman C., and Brodie, Edmund D., Jr. (1994). Handbook of Salamanders: The Salamanders of the United States, of Canada, and of Lower California. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. 555 pp. ISBN 0-8014-8213-5.
External links
- Hogan, C. Michael (2008). "Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)". Globaltwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromberg. [1]
- Photos of the Siskiyou Mountains salamander & its habitat
Wikidata ☰ Q3392355 entry
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