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Valley and Ridge Salamander (Plethodon hoffmani)STATUS





Description: The valley and ridge salamander is a terrestrial salamander which a total length of 3.1 to 5.4 inches. This species is slender with short legs, a long tail, and 21 costal grooves. The dorsum is dark brown to blackish with scattered whitish or brassy flecks and the venter is dark with mottling, especially on the chin.

Habitat: The natural habitat of the valley and ridge salamander is hardwood forests of the Valley and Ridge province of the Appalachian Mountains, up to 4,600 feet in elevation.

Range: This species can be found in the Appalachians from the Susquehanna River Valley in central Pennsylvania, through western Maryland and eastern West Virginia, south to the New River in southwestern Virginia.

Found in these States: MD | PA | VA | WV

Diet: Valley and Ridge salamanders eat a variety of invertebrates.

Reproduction: It lays eggs in moist cavities, where they develop directly without a larval stage.

Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution and presumed large population.

Taxonomy:

»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
   »» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
     »» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
       »» Class: Amphibia - (Amphibians)
         »» Order: Caudata - Salamanders
               »» Family: Plethodontidae - Lungless Salamanders
                   »» Genus: Plethodon
                     »» Species: Plethodon hoffmani - Valley and Ridge Salamander

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