Editing Plethodon (section)

==List of species==
As of 2024 there are up to 58 species in the genus ''Plethodon''.<ref name="Frost" /> Most are native to eastern and central North America, with the [[Appalachian Mountains]] having the highest diversity. Seven species live along the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]], one (''P. idahoensis'') in the [[Rocky Mountains]] of [[Idaho]], and one (''P. neomexicanus'') in the [[Jemez Mountains]] of [[New Mexico]].

All 58 ''Plethodon'' species listed in alphabetical order of [[specific name (zoology)|specific name]]:
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!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species and author
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|[[NatureServe status]]
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|[[IUCN]] status
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|''P. ainsworthi''
{{small|[[James Lazel|Lazell]], 1998}}
|[[Ainsworth's salamander]]
|style="width:35%"|Central [[Mississippi]]? (uncertain validity)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Himes |first1=John G. |last2=Beckett |first2=David C. |date=2013 |title=The Status of Plethodon ainsworthi Lazell: Extinct, Extant, or Nonexistent? |url=https://bioone.org/journals/southeastern-naturalist/volume-12/issue-4/058.012.0419/The-Status-of-Plethodon-ainsworthi-Lazell--Extinct-Extant-or/10.1656/058.012.0419.full |journal=Southeastern Naturalist |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=851–856 |doi=10.1656/058.012.0419 |s2cid=55019821 |issn=1528-7092|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|Possibly Extinct (GH)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_ex.svg]]
|-
| [[File:Plethodon albagula 168277235.jpg|200px]]
|''P. albagula''
{{small|[[Arnold B. Grobman|Grobman]], 1944}}
|[[Western slimy salamander]]
|style="width:35%"|South-central [[United States]] ([[Missouri]] southwest to central [[Texas]])
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon amplus 157030770.jpg|200x200px]]
|''P. amplus''
{{small|[[Richard Highton|Highton]] & [[Robert B. Peabody|Peabody]], 2000}}
|[[Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander]]
|Southern [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] (southwest [[North Carolina]])
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_en.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon angusticlavius (Ozark Zigzag Salamander) (3679651745).jpg|200px]]
|''P. angusticlavius''
{{small|Grobman, 1944}}
|[[Ozark zigzag salamander]]
|[[Ozarks|Ozark Mountains]] ([[Missouri]], [[Arkansas]], and [[Oklahoma]])
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Scott Bar Salamander imported from iNaturalist photo 115598410 on 21 April 2022.jpg|100px]]
|''P. asupak''
{{small|[[Louise S. Mead|Mead]], [[David R. Clayton|Clayton]], [[Richard S. Nauman|Nauman]], [[Deanna H. Olson|Olson]] & [[Michael E. Pfrender|Pfrender]], 2005}}
|[[Scott Bar salamander]]
|[[Scott Bar Mountains]] ([[Siskiyou County, California|Siskiyou County]], northern [[California]])
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_en.svg]]
|-
|
|''P. aureolus''
{{small|Highton, 1984}}
|[[Tellico salamander]]
|[[Unicoi Mountains]] ([[Tennessee]]-[[North Carolina]] border)
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_dd.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon caddoensis 162754730.jpg|200px]]
|''P. caddoensis''
{{small|[[Clifford H. Pope|C. Pope]] & [[Sarah Haydock Pope|S. Pope]], 1951}}
|[[Caddo Mountain salamander]]
|[[Caddo Mountains]] (western [[Arkansas]])
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_nt.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon chattahoochee 270018759.jpg|200px]]
|''P. chattahoochee''
{{small|Highton, 1989}}
|[[Chattahoochee slimy salamander]]
|[[Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest|Chattahoochee National Forest]] (northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])
|Vulnerable (G3)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Cheoah Bald Salamander imported from iNaturalist photo 5878362 on 20 April 2022.jpg|200px]]
|''P. cheoah''
{{small|Highton & Peabody, 2000}}
|[[Cheoah Bald salamander]]
|[[Cheoah Bald]] ([[Graham County, North Carolina|Graham]] and [[Swain County, North Carolina|Swain]] counties, southwest [[North Carolina]])
|Critically Imperiled (G1)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_vu.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon chlorobryonis 118850695.jpg|200px]]
|''P. chlorobryonis''
{{small|[[Myron Budd Mittleman|Mittleman]], 1951}}
|[[Atlantic Coast slimy salamander]]
|[[Atlantic Plain|Atlantic Coastal Plain]] ([[Virginia]] south to [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Eastern Red-backed Salamander - Plethodon cinereus, G. R. Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, Virginia - Flickr - Judy Gallagher.jpg|200px]]
|''P. cinereus''
{{small|([[:fr:Jacob Green|J. Green]], 1818)}}
|[[Red-backed salamander]]
|Northeast [[North America]] ([[Nova Scotia]] west to [[Minnesota]] and south to [[North Carolina]])
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon cylindraceus 269771890.jpg|200px]]
|''P. cylindraceus''
{{small|([[Richard Harlan|Harlan]], 1825)}}
|[[White-spotted slimy salamander]]
|[[Southeastern United States]] ([[Virginia]] west to easternmost [[Tennessee]] and south to [[South Carolina]])
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|
|''P. dixi''
{{small|C. Pope & [[James A. Fowler|J. Fowler]], 1949}}
|[[Dixie Caverns salamander|Dixie Cavern salamander]]
|[[Roanoke County, Virginia|Roanoke County]], southwest [[Virginia]]
|Critically Imperiled (G1)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_dd.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon dorsalis 002.jpg|200px]]
|''P. dorsalis''
{{small|[[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1889}}
|[[Northern zigzag salamander]] 
|South-central [[United States]] ([[Indiana]] south to [[Alabama]])
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon dunni 183149993.jpg|200px]]
|''P. dunni''
{{small|[[Sherman C. Bishop|Bishop]], 1934}}
|[[Dunn's salamander]]
|[[West Coast of the United States|Pacific Coast]] (northwest [[California]] north to southwest [[Washington (state)|Washington]])
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon electromorphus 182055000.jpg|200px]]
|''P. electromorphus''
{{small|Highton, 1999}}
|[[Northern ravine salamander]]
|[[Midwestern United States]] (western [[Pennsylvania]] south to central [[West Virginia]] and west to [[Indiana]])
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon elongatus 134949411.jpg|200px]]
|''P. elongatus''
{{small|[[John Van Denburgh|Van Denburgh]], 1916}}
|[[Del Norte salamander]]
|[[West Coast of the United States|Pacific Coast]] (northwest [[California]] and southwest [[Oregon]])
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon fourchensis 171429319.jpg|200px]]
|''P. fourchensis''
{{small|[[Robert Duncan (herpetologist)|Duncan]] & Highton, 1959}}
|[[Fourche Mountain salamander]]
|[[Fourche Mountain]] ([[Scott County, Arkansas|Scott]] and [[Polk County, Arkansas|Polk]] counties, western [[Arkansas]])
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_nt.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Northern Slimy Salamander - Plethodon glutinosus (49022625501).jpg|200px]]
|''P. glutinosus''
{{small|(J. Green, 1818)}}
|[[Northern slimy salamander]]
|Eastern [[United States]] ([[Connecticut]] south to [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and west to [[Illinois]] and [[Alabama]]). Range extends to [[Florida]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Louisiana]] according to some conceptions of the species.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" />
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon grobmani.jpg|200px]]
|''P. grobmani''
{{small|[[Ross Allen (herpetologist)|Allen]] & [[Wilfred T. Neill|Neill]], 1949}}
|[[Southeastern slimy salamander]]
|[[Southeastern United States]] ([[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Alabama]], [[North Florida|northern Florida]])
|Secure (G5)
|
|-
|[[File:Plethodon hoffmani 168500593.jpg|200px]]
|''P. hoffmani''
{{small|Highton, 1972}}
|[[Valley and ridge salamander]]
|[[Appalachian Mountains]] (central [[Pennsylvania]] south to southwest [[Virginia]])
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Peaks of Otter Salamander (Plethodon hubrichti).jpg|200px]]
|''P. hubrichti''
{{small|[[Gordon R. Thurow|Thurow]], 1957}}
|[[Peaks of Otter salamander]]
|[[Peaks of Otter]] area (southwest [[Virginia]])
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_vu.svg]]
|-
|
|''P. idahoensis''
{{small|[[James Rodenburg Slater|Slater]] & [[John W. Slipp|Slipp]], 1940}}
|[[Coeur d'Alene salamander]]
|[[Rocky Mountains]] (northern [[Idaho]] and surrounding areas of [[Montana]] and [[British Columbia]])
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|
|''P. jacksoni''
{{small|[[Walter B. Newman|Newman]], 1954}}
|[[Blacksburg salamander]]
|Southwest [[Virginia]] and surrounding areas of [[North Carolina]]
|Unranked (GNR)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_dd.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon jordani 1156554.jpg|200px]]
|''P. jordani''
{{small|[[Willis Stanley Blatchley|Blatchley]], 1901}}
|[[Red-cheeked salamander]] or Jordan's salamander 
|[[Great Smoky Mountains]] ([[Tennessee]]-[[North Carolina]] border)
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_nt.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Pkentuckiwv.jpg|200px]]
|''P. kentucki''
{{small|Mittleman, 1951}}
|[[Cumberland Plateau salamander]]
|[[Cumberland Plateau]] area ([[West Virginia]] south to northeast [[Tennessee]])
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon kiamichi 162325964.jpg|200px]]
|''P. kiamichi''
{{small|Highton, 1989}}
|[[Kiamichi slimy salamander]]
|[[Kiamichi Mountains]] ([[Oklahoma]], [[Arkansas]])
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_vu.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon kisatchie 186707627.jpg|200px]]
|''P. kisatchie''
{{small|Highton, 1989}}
|[[Louisiana slimy salamander]]
|Northern [[Louisiana]] and southern [[Arkansas]]
|Vulnerable (G3)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon larselli 183148883.jpg|200px]]
|''P. larselli''
{{small|[[Douglas M. Burns|Burns]], 1954}}
|[[Larch Mountain salamander]]
|[[Cascade Range]] (northern [[Oregon]] and southern [[Washington (state)|Washington]])
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon meridianus 67602344.jpg|200px]]
|''P. meridianus''
{{small|Highton & Peabody, 2000}}
|[[South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander]]
|[[South Mountains (North Carolina)|South Mountains]] area (southwest [[North Carolina]])
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_en.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon metcalfi 145749131.jpg|200px]]
|''P. metcalfi''
{{small|[[Clement Samuel Brimley|Brimley]], 1912}}
|[[Southern gray-cheeked salamander]]
|Southern [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] (southwest [[North Carolina]] and surrounding areas of [[South Carolina]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon mississippi 176472351.jpg|200px]]
|''P. mississippi''
{{small|Highton, 1989}}
|[[Mississippi slimy salamander]]
|South-central [[United States]] (eastern [[Kentucky]] south to [[Alabama]] and west to [[Louisiana]])
|Secure (G5)
|
|-
|[[File:Plethodon montanus 273847659.jpg|200px]]
|''P. montanus''
{{small|Highton & Peabody, 2000}}
|[[Northern gray-cheeked salamander]]
|[[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachian]] and [[Blue Ridge Mountains|Blue Ridge]] mountains (southwest [[Virginia]] south to the [[Tennessee]]-[[North Carolina]] border)
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|
|''P. neomexicanus''
{{small|[[Robert C. Stebbins|Stebbins]] & [[William J. Riemer|Riemer]], 1950}}
|[[Jemez Mountains salamander]]
|[[Jemez Mountains]] (north-central [[New Mexico]])
|Critically Imperiled (G1)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_en.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Photo of the Week - Cheat Mountain Salamander (WV) (13432757184).jpg|200px]]
|''P. nettingi''
{{small|[[Norman Bayard Green|N.B. Green]], 1938}} 
|[[Cheat Mountain salamander]]
|[[Allegheny Mountains]] (northeast [[West Virginia]])
|Critically Imperiled (G1)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_nt.svg]]
|-
|
|''P. ocmulgee''
{{small|Highton, 1989}}
|[[Ocmulgee slimy salamander]]
|Central [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|Unranked (GNR)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon ouachitae 162325777.jpg|200px]]
|''P. ouachitae''
{{small|[[Emmett Reid Dunn|Dunn]] & [[Albert A. Heinze|Heinze]], 1933}}
|[[Rich Mountain salamander]]
|[[Ouachita Mountains]] (western [[Arkansas]] and eastern [[Oklahoma]])
|Vulnerable (G3)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_nt.svg]]
|-
|
|''P. pauleyi''
{{small|[[Zachary I. Felix|Felix]], [[Jessica A. Wooten|Wooten]], [[Todd W. Pierson|Pierson]] & [[Carlos D. Camp|Camp]], 2019}}
|[[Yellow-spotted woodland salamander]]
|[[Cumberland Plateau]] (southern [[West Virginia]] southwest to northeast [[Tennessee]])
|Unranked (GNR)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_dd.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Pigeon Mountain Salamander (Plethodon petraeus) - Flickr - 2ndPeter.jpg|200px]]
|''P. petraeus''
{{small|[[Addison H. Wynn|Wynn]], Highton & [[Jeremy F. Jacobs|Jacobs]], 1988}}
|[[Pigeon Mountain salamander]]
|[[Pigeon Mountain (Georgia)|Pigeon Mountain]] (northwest [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_nt.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon punctatus 02 white background 1.jpg|200px]]
|''P. punctatus''
{{small|Highton, 1972}}
|[[Cow Knob salamander]]
|[[George Washington National Forest]] ([[West Virginia]]-[[Virginia]] border)
|Vulnerable (G3)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_nt.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon richmondi on rock.jpg|200px]]
|''P. richmondi''
{{small|[[M. Graham Netting|Netting]] & Mittleman, 1938}}
|[[Ravine salamander]]
|East-central [[United States]] (southwest [[Virginia]] west to [[Kentucky]] and [[Indiana]] and south to [[North Carolina]])
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|
|''P. savannah''
{{small|Highton, 1989}}
|[[Savannah slimy salamander]]
|East-central [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_dd.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon sequoyah 171428541.jpg|200px]]
|''P. sequoyah''
{{small|Highton, 1989}}
|[[Sequoyah slimy salamander]]
|[[Beavers Bend State Park]] (eastern [[Oklahoma]])
|Critically Imperiled (G1)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_dd.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon serratus 171428558.jpg|200px]]
|''P. serratus''
{{small|Grobman, 1944}}
|[[Southern red-backed salamander]]
|[[Southeastern United States]] (southwest [[North Carolina]] west to [[Missouri]] and [[Oklahoma]] and south to [[Louisiana]])
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon shenandoah 62186.jpg|200px]]
|''P. shenandoah''
{{small|Highton & [[Richard Dane Worthington|Worthington]], 1967}}
|[[Shenandoah salamander]]
|[[Shenandoah National Park]] ([[Page County, Virginia|Page]] and [[Madison County, Virginia|Madison]] counties, northwestern Virginia)
|Critically Imperiled (G1)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_cr.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon sherando Augusta County, Virginia.jpg|200px]]
|''P. sherando''
{{small|Highton, 2004}}
|[[Big Levels salamander]]
|[[Big Levels]] ([[Augusta County, Virginia|Augusta County]], northwestern [[Virginia]])
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_vu.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon shermani 53538956.jpg|200px]]
|''P. shermani''
{{small|[[Leonhard Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1906}}
|[[Red-legged salamander]]
|[[Unicoi Mountains|Unicoi]] and [[Nantahala National Forest|Nantahala]] mountains (southwest [[North Carolina]] and surrounding areas of [[Tennessee]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])
|Vulnerable (G3)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_nt.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon stormi 33477528.jpg|200px]]
|''P. stormi''
{{small|Highton & [[:fr:Arden H. Brame|Brame]], 1965}}
|[[Siskiyou Mountains salamander]]
|[[Siskiyou Mountains]] (northern [[California]] and surrounding areas of [[Oregon]])
|Vulnerable (G3)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_en.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon teyahalee 53422101.jpg|200px]]
|''P. teyahalee''
{{small|[[Nelson G. Hairston|Hairston]], 1950}}
|[[Southern Appalachian salamander]]
|Southern [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] (southwest [[North Carolina]] and surrounding areas of [[Tennessee]], [[South Carolina]], and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon vandykei 74040361.jpg|200px]]
|''P. vandykei''
{{small|Van Denburgh, 1906}}
|[[Van Dyke's salamander]]
|Western [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon variolatus.jpg|100px]]
|''P. variolatus''
{{small|([[Jacob Gilliams|Gilliams]], 1818)}}
|[[South Carolina slimy salamander]]
|[[Atlantic Plain|Atlantic Coastal Plain]] ([[South Carolina]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])
|Unranked (GNR)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Western Redback Salamander Plethodon vehiculum (7641775992).jpg|200px]]
|''P. vehiculum''
{{small|([[James Graham Cooper|Cooper]], 1860)}}
|[[Western redback salamander]]
|[[West Coast of the United States|Pacific Coast]] ([[Oregon]] north to [[British Columbia]])
|Secure (G5)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon ventralis 354617767.jpg|200px]]
|''P. ventralis''
{{small|Highton, 1997}}
|[[Southern zigzag salamander]]
|[[Southeastern United States]] (southwest [[Virginia]] southwest to [[Mississippi]])
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|
|''P. virginia''
{{small|Highton, 1999}}
|[[Shenandoah Mountain salamander]]
|[[George Washington National Forest]] ([[West Virginia]]-[[Virginia]] border)
|Imperiled (G2)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_nt.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon websteri 169631240.jpg|200px]]
|''P. websteri''
{{small|Highton, 1979}}
|[[Webster's salamander]]
|[[Southeastern United States]] ([[South Carolina]] west to [[Mississippi]])
|Vulnerable (G3)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Plethodon wehrlei 227978399.jpg|200px]]
|''P. wehrlei''
{{small|[[Henry Weed Fowler|H. Fowler]] & Dunn, 1917}}
|[[Wehrle's salamander]]
|[[Appalachian Mountains]] (western [[New York (state)|New York]] south to [[West Virginia]] and western [[Virginia]])
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|-
|[[File:A Weller's Salamander (Plethodon welleri) sitting on a broken log.jpg|200px]]
|''P. welleri''
{{small|[[Charles Frederic Walker|Walker]], 1931}}
|[[Weller's salamander]]
|[[Blue Ridge Mountains]] (southwest [[Virginia]] south to the [[Tennessee]]-[[North Carolina]] border)
|Vulnerable (G3)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_vu.svg]]
|-
|[[File:Yonahlossee salamander.jpg|200px]]
|''P. yonahlossee''
{{small|Dunn, 1917}}
|[[Yonahlossee salamander]]
|[[Blue Ridge Mountains]] (southwest [[Virginia]] south to the [[Tennessee]]-[[North Carolina]] border)
|Apparently Secure (G4)
|[[File:Fl_mammals_lc.svg]]
|}

''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Plethodon''.