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Blue Ridge dusky salamander
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Subfamily:	Plethodontinae
Genus:	Desmognathus
Species:	D. orestes
Binomial name
Desmognathus orestes Tilley & Mahoney, 1996

The Blue Ridge dusky salamander (Desmognathus orestes) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.

Distribution

The species is endemic to the Blue Ridge Mountains range of the southern Appalachian Mountains, within western Virginia and North Carolina in the south-eastern United States.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater springs, and rocky areas.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Description

Their eggs are laid under logs or rocks.

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Desmognathus orestes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T59255A64000800. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T59255A64000800.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

External links

• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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