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Jemez Mountains salamander
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Endangered (ESA)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Subfamily:	Plethodontinae
Genus:	Plethodon
Species:	P. neomexicanus
Binomial name
Plethodon neomexicanus Stebbins & Riemer, 1950

The Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to New Mexico in the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss, is in rapid decline, and was placed on the IUCN Red List in 2013.

Endangered habitat

Map of the endangered habitat

References

1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Plethodon neomexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T17626A118974394. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
2. "Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
3. 78 FR 9876
4. "Jemez Salamander Study - The Nature Conservancy".
5. "Jemez Mountain salamander placed on endangered species list". The Santa Fe New Mexican. 10 September 2013.

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