South Mountain Gray-cheeked Salamander

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South Mountain Gray-cheeked Salamander
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Plethodon
Species: P. meridianus
Binomial name
Plethodon meridianus
Highton & Peabody, 2000

The South Mountain Gray-cheeked Salamander (Plethodon meridianus) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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