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Plethodon yonahlossee (Yonahlossee Salamander)

Synonyms: Plethodon longicrus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Yonahlossee salamander (Plethodon yonahlossee) is a particularly large woodland salamander from the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States. The species is a member of the family Plethodontidae, which is characterized by being lungless and reproductive direct development. P. yonahlossee was first described in 1917 by E.R Dunn on a collection site on Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. The common and specific name is of Native American origin, meaning “trail of the bear”. It is derived from Yonahlossee Road northeast of Linville, where the specimen was first described.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
33
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.74
EDGE Score: 2.93
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  9 inches (22.1 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Female Maturity [2]  3 years
Male Maturity [2]  3 years

Ecoregions

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

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Fraser Fir Forest (Deciduous Shrub Type) United States (North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee)
Fraser Fir Forest (Evergreen Shrub Type) United States (North Carolina, Tennessee)
Red Spruce - Fraser Fir Forest (Deciduous Shrub Type) United States (Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia)
Red Spruce - Fraser Fir Forest (Evergreen Shrub Type) United States (Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina)

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Batracholandros magnavulvaris[3]

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.
♦ 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
♦ 3Gibson, 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