Weller's Salamander

Weller's Salamander

Taxobox
name = Weller's Salamander


status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Plethodontidae
genus = "Plethodon"
species = "P. welleri"
binomial = "Plethodon welleri"
binomial_authority = Walker, 1931
synonyms = The Weller's Salamander ("Plethodon welleri") is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States. It was found on Grandfather Mountain near Linville North Carolina by the young herpetologist Worth Hamilton Weller who on a second field trip there to gather more specimens died at age 18 in a fall from a cliff (Adler:182).

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rocky areas.It is threatened by habitat loss.

ee also

List of endangered animal species
Worth Hamilton Weller

References

* Adler, Kraig (2007). "Contributions to the History of Herpetology,' Volume 2' Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles 400 p. ISB 978-0916984717
* Hammerson, G. & Beamer, D. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59363/all Plethodon welleri] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
* Organ, James A. "Studies on the Life History of the Salamander, Plethodon welleri" "Copeia", 1960 issue 4, pages 287-297
* Walker, Charles F., "Plethodon welleri at White Top Mountain, Virginia", Copeia, Vol. 1934, No. 4 (Dec. 31, 1934), pp. 190


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