Species: Plethodon vandykei

Van Dyke's Salamander
Species
    Plethodon vandykei
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Amphibia

    Order

    Caudata

    Family

    Plethodontidae

    Genus

    Plethodon

    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.)
    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
    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>

    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?US.WA=S3" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    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)
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