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Phaeognathus hubrichti (Red Hills Salamander)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) is a fairly large, terrestrial salamander growing to about 255 millimetres (10.0 in). Its body color is gray to brownish without markings, and its limbs are relatively short. It is the official state amphibian of Alabama.
View Wikipedia Record: Phaeognathus hubrichti

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Phaeognathus hubrichti

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
21
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
79
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 42.35
EDGE Score: 5.85
View EDGE Record: Phaeognathus hubrichti

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  7 inches (17.8 cm)
Litter Size [2]  9
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  20 years
Female Maturity [2]  5 years 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  5 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Southeastern mixed forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Emblem of

Alabama

Range Map

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.
♦ 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