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Plethodon idahoensis

(Coeur D'alene Salamander)

Overview

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Special Concern

Threat status

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Coeur D'alene Salamander

Description

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Habitat

Ecology: Primary habitats are seepages and streamside talus ; also inhabits talus far from free water (deep talus mixed with moist soil on well-shaded north-facing slopes ); in wet weather, occurs also in leaf-litter and under bark and logs in coniferous forest . Terrestrial breeders with direct development ; eggs presumably are laid in underground rock crevices, although no nest sites have been found in the wild.[1]


List of Habitats:1.4Forest - Temperate 5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.9Wetlands (inland) - Freshwater Springs and Oases 6Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Plethodon cinereus cinereus (Green, 1818)
  2. Salamandra cinerea Green, 1818

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 29-Aug-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Plethodon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 102 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. aeneus · P. ainsworthi (Ainsworth's Salamander) · P. albagula (White-Throated Slimy Salamander) · P. amplus (Blue Ridge Gray-Cheeked Salamander) · P. angusticlavius (Narrow-Striped Red-Backed Salamander) · P. asupak · P. aureolus (Tellico Salamander) · P. caddoensis (Caddo Mountain Salamander) · P. chatahoochee (Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander) · P. chattahoochee (Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander) · P. cheoah (Cheoah Bald Salamander) · P. chlorobryonis (Atlantic Coast Slimy Salamander) · P. cinereus (Northern Red-Backed Salamander) · P. cinereus angusticlavius · P. cinereus cinereus · P. cinereus dorsalis · P. cinereus erythronotus · P. cinereus polycentratus · P. cinereus serratus · P. cinerus · P. croceater · P. cylindraceus (White-Spotted Slimy Salamander) · P. dixi · P. dorsalis (Northern Zigzag Salamander) · P. dorsalis angusticlavius (Narrow-Striped Red-Backed Salamander) · P. dorsalis dorsalis (Eastern Zigzag Salamander) · P. dunni (Western Tan-Backed Salamander) · P. electromorphus (Northern Ravine Salamander) · P. elongatus (Del Norte Salamander) · P. erythronotus · P. eschscholtzii · P. flavipunctatus · P. fourchensis (Fourche Mountain Salamander) · P. gluntinosus · P. glutinosis · P. glutinosus (Northern Slimy Salamander) · P. glutinosus albagula · P. glutinosus complex · P. glutinosus glutinosus (Northern Slimy Salamander) · P. glutinosus grobmani · P. glutinosus variolatus · P. gluttonosus · P. gordoni · P. grobmani (Southeastern Slimy Salamander) · P. hardii · P. hoffmani (Valley and Ridge Salamander) · P. hubrichti (Peaks of Otter Salamander) · P. huldae · P. idahoensis (Coeur D'alene Salamander) · P. intermedius · P. jordani (Appalachian Woodland Salamander) · P. jordani clemsonae · P. jordani jordani (Appalachian Woodland Salamander) · P. jordani kentucki · P. jordani melaventris · P. jordani metcalfi · P. jordani rabunensis · P. jordani shermani · P. jordoni · P. kentucki (Cumberland Plateau Salamander) · P. kiamichi (Kiamichi Slimy Salamander) · P. kisatchie (Louisiana Slimy Salamander) · P. larselli (Larch Mountain Salamander) · P. longicrus · P. meridianus (South Mountain Gray-Cheeked Salamander) · P. metcalfi (Southern Gray-Cheeked Salamander) · P. mississippi (Mississippi Slimy Salamander) · P. montanus (Northern Gray-Cheeked Salamander) · P. neomexicanus (Jemez Mountains Salamander) · P. nettingi (Cheat Mountain Salamander) · P. ocmulgee (Central Georgia Slimy Salamander) · P. oconaluftee (Southern Appalachian Salamander) · P. oregonensis · P. ouachitae (Rich Mountain Salamander) · P. ouatichae · P. petraeus (Pigeon Mountain Salamander) · P. punctatus (White Spotted Salamander) · P. richmondi (Southern Ravine Salamander) · P. richmondi popei · P. richmondi shenandoah · P. savannah (Eastern Georgia Slimy Salamander) · P. sequoyah (Southeastern Oklahoma Slimy Salamander) · P. serratus (Southern Red-Backed Salamander) · P. shenandoah (Shenandoah Salamander) · P. sherando (Big Levels Salamander) · P. shermani (Red-Legged Salamander) · P. shermani melaventris · P. shermani rabunensis · P. stormi (Siskiyou Mountains Salamander) · P. teyahalee (Southern Appalachian Salamander) · P. vandykei (Van Dyke's Salamander) · P. vandykei idahoensis · P. vandykei vandykei (Van Dyke's Salamander) · P. variolatus (South Carolina Slimy Salamander) · P. vehiculum (Western Red-Backed Salamander) · P. vehiculus · P. ventralis (Southern Zigzag Salamander) · P. virginia (Shenandoah Mountain Salamander) · P. websteri (Southern Zig-Zag Salamander) · P. wehrlei (Dixie Caverns Salamander)

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Data Sources

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Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Hammerson, G. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
Last Revised: 7/2/2009