Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Gyrinophilus > Gyrinophilus palleucus

Gyrinophilus palleucus (Tennessee Cave Salamander)

Synonyms: Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides; Gyrinophilus palleucus palleucus; Gyrinophilus porphyriticus necturoides; Pseudotriton palleucus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are streams in caves. It is threatened by habitat destruction.
View Wikipedia Record: Gyrinophilus palleucus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Gyrinophilus palleucus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
59
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 22.36
EDGE Score: 4.54
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  7 inches (18.4 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  19 years

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
Central U.S. hardwood 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  

Emblem of

Tennessee

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
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