Southern gray-cheeked salamander
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P. metcalfi
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| Plethodon metcalfi Brimley, 1912
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The southern gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon metcalfi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the area where North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia adjoin each other in the southeastern United States. The species has a known altitudinal range of 256 to 1,295 m in the mountains of the region.[1] Where their ranges overlap, it hybridizes with P. jordani and P. teyahalee.[1]
Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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