Southern Red-Backed Salamander
Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Amphibia |
| Order | Caudata |
| Family | Plethodontidae |
| Genus | Plethodon |
| Species | Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Georgia
Counties
- Arkansas
- Stone
- Georgia
- Walker
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2022.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Texas
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Alabama
- S2 Imperiled
- Tennessee
- S3 Vulnerable
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- S3 Vulnerable
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Louisiana
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- South Carolina
- SU Unrankable
- Arkansas
- S3 Vulnerable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1927. https://cavebiology.org/species/plethodon-serratus/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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