Berry Cave salamander

Berry Cave salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Gyrinophilus
Species:
G. gulolineatus
Binomial name
Gyrinophilus gulolineatus
Brandon, 1965
Synonyms
  • Gyrinophilus palleucus gulolineatus Brandon, 1965[2]

The Berry Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae,[3] endemic to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of eastern Tennessee in the United States. Its natural habitat is inland karsts where it lives underground. It is threatened by habitat loss.

  1. ^ Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). "Gyrinophilus gulolineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59280A11896479. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59280A11896479.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Brandon, R. A. (1965). "A new race of the neotenic salamander Gyrinophilus palleucus". Copeia. 1965 (3): 346–352. doi:10.2307/1440799. JSTOR 1440799.
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Gyrinophilus gulolineatus Brandon, 1965". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

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