Northern slimy salamander

Northern slimy salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Plethodon
Species:
P. glutinosus
Binomial name
Plethodon glutinosus
(Green, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Salamandra glutinosa
    Green, 1818
  • Cylindrosoma glutinosum
    — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Plethodon variolosum
    A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Salamandra elongata
    A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Salamandra melanoleuca
    Wied-Neuwied, 1865
  • Amblystoma melanoleuca
    — Boulenger, 1882

The northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) is a species of terrestrial plethodontid salamander found throughout much of the eastern two-thirds of the United States.

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