Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander
Plethodon
montanus
| Common Name: | Northern Gray-cheeked
Salamander |
| Scientific Name: | Plethodon
montanus |
| Etymology: | |
| Genus: | plethore is Greek meaning "fullness or full
of", odon is Greek for "teeth". Referring to the
number of paravomerine and vomerine teeth. |
| Species: | montanus is Latin meaning "belonging to a mountain". |
| Average Length: | 3.5 - 5 in. (8.9 - 12.7 cm) |
| Virginia Record Length: | |
| Record length: |
Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service: Species Booklet
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One-eyed Adult |
Pulaski Co. |
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