Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Plethodon > Plethodon vandykei

Plethodon vandykei (Van Dyke's Salamander)

Synonyms: Plethodon vandykei vandykei

Wikipedia Abstract

Van Dyke's salamander (Plethodon vandykei) is a small woodland salamander in the family Plethodontidae, the lungless salamanders. These animals breathe through their skin and are largely terrestrial. Compared to other salamanders in this genus (Plethodon) it is relatively stocky with long legs. Usually associated with streams, seepages, and rock outcrops, it is endemic to Washington where it is found in a limited number of small, isolated populations.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 22.95
EDGE Score: 3.18

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  4.843 inches (12.3 cm)
Litter Size [1]  13
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central and Southern Cascades forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Central Pacific coastal forests Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests  

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mount Rainier National Park II 235186 Washington, United States
Olympic Biosphere Reserve II 922805 Washington, United States

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Rocky Mountain-Great Basin Montane Riparian Forest Canada (British Columbia, Alberta); United States (Washington, Oregon, South Dakota, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona)

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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