Ouachita Dusky Salamander

Ouachita Dusky Salamander
Ouachita Dusky Salamander
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species: D. brimleyorum
Binomial name
Desmognathus brimleyorum
Stejneger, 1895

The Ouachita Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus brimleyorum) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family, which is endemic to the United States. The specific epithet is in honor Herbert Hutchinson Brimley and his younger brother, Clement Samuel Brimley, both of whom were zoologists.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers.

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