Mount Lyell Salamander
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| Mount Lyell Salamander | |
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| Mount Lyell Salamander in the Sierra Nevada of California | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Hydromantes |
| Species: | H. platycephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916) |
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The Mount Lyell Salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, freshwater springs, rocky areas, and caves.
[edit] References
- Hammerson, G. 2004. Hydromantes platycephalus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- Clark, H.O., Jr., and S.I. Hagen. 2008. Notes on a Mount Lyell Salamander observed near Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California. Sonoran Herpetologist 21:122-123.
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