Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander

The Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon amplus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States. It is one of 55 species in the genus Plethodon and one of the most recently to be described. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Subfamily:	Plethodontinae
Genus:	Plethodon
Species:	P. amplus
Binomial name
Plethodon amplus Highton & Peabody, 2000