Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Plethodon > Plethodon hubrichti

Plethodon hubrichti (Peaks of Otter Salamander)

Synonyms: Plethodon nettingi hubrichti; Plethodon richmondi hubrichti

Wikipedia Abstract

The Peaks of Otter salamander (Plethodon hubrichti) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the Peaks of Otter area in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
View Wikipedia Record: Plethodon hubrichti

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Plethodon hubrichti

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
56
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 18.81
EDGE Score: 4.37

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  5 inches (13.1 cm)
Litter Size [1]  10
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

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

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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.
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