Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Desmognathus > Desmognathus welteri

Desmognathus welteri (Black Mountain Salamander)

Synonyms: Desmognathus fuscus welteri

Wikipedia Abstract

The Black mountain salamander (Desmognathus welteri) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.
View Wikipedia Record: Desmognathus welteri

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
10
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
36
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 20.61
EDGE Score: 3.07
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  4.823 inches (12.25 cm)
Litter Size [2]  26
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  20 years
Female Maturity [2]  4 years 6 months
Male Maturity [2]  4 years 6 months

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park 20001 Tennessee, United States
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0