Mount Lyell Salamander

Mount Lyell Salamander
Mount Lyell Salamander in the Sierra Nevada of California
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Plethodontidae
Genus:	Hydromantes
Species:	H. platycephalus
Binomial name
Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916)

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.

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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