Mud salamander

Mud salamander
Mud salamander
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Pseudotriton
Species: P. montanus
Binomial name
Pseudotriton montanus
Baird, 1849
Synonyms

Spelerpes ruber montanus -- Cope, 1889
Eurycea montana -- Stejneger & Barbour, 1917

The mud salamander (Pseudotriton montanus) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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