Tennessee cave salamander

Tennessee cave salamander
Specimen at the Tennessee Aquarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Gyrinophilus
Species:
G. palleucus
Binomial name
Gyrinophilus palleucus
McCrady, 1954[2]
Subspecies

The Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the Appalachian Mountains in the United States.[1][3] Its natural habitats are streams in caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Geoffrey Hammerson; Christopher Beachy (2004). "Gyrinophilus palleucus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59281A11896704. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59281A11896704.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ McCrady, E. (1954). "A new species of Gyrinophilus (Plethodontidae) from Tennessee caves". Copeia. 1954 (3): 200–206. doi:10.2307/1439194. JSTOR 1439194.
  3. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Gyrinophilus palleucus McCrady, 1954". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

Tennessee cave salamander

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