Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Plethodon > Plethodon jordani

Plethodon jordani (Red-cheeked Salamander; Appalachian Salamander; Jordan's Salamander)

Synonyms: Plethodon jordani jordani

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-cheeked salamander or Jordan's salamander (Plethodon jordani) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
44
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.74
EDGE Score: 3.62
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  7 inches (18.4 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  20 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Adult Weight [1]  4.94 grams
Diet [2]  Omnivore
Female Maturity [3]  5 years
Male Maturity [3]  3 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
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
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Mount Mitchell State Park   North Carolina, United States
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cylindrotaenia americana[4]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

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.
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 3de 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
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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