Species: Plethodon vandykei
Van Dyke's Salamander
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Caudata
Family
Plethodontidae
Genus
Plethodon
NatureServe
Classification
Informal Taxonomy
<p>Animals, Vertebrates - Amphibians - Salamanders</p>
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Amphibia - Caudata - Plethodontidae - Plethodon - *, indicating this status with an asterisk. (A metataxon is a group of lineages for which neither monophyly nor paraphyly can be demonstrated.)
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A slim-bodied lungless salamander.
Migration
<p>true - false - false</p>
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
false
Reproduction Comments
Terrestrial breeder. Nests found on the Olympic Peninsula (elevations below 700 meters) were laid in early May; development was completed by early October (Hallock and McAllister 2002). Females brood and guard the eggs during development.<br>
Ecology Comments
Sympatric with P. DUNNI and P. VEHICULUM in some areas.
Length
12
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G3
Global Status Last Reviewed
2005-02-22
Global Status Last Changed
2001-10-31
Other Status
<p>LC - Least concern</p>
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
EF - 5000-200,000 square km (about 2000-80,000 square miles) - EF - Willapa Hills, and Olympic and Cascade mountains, Washington; disjunct centers in the Willapa Hills, on the Olympic Peninsula, and in the southern Cascade Ranges are separated by glacial and alluvial deposits that may limit the regional distribution (Wilson et al. 1995). Generally occurs in small isolated populations.
Global Range Code
EF
Global Range Description
5000-200,000 square km (about 2000-80,000 square miles)