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Tennessee cave salamander | |
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Specimen at the Tennessee Aquarium | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Gyrinophilus |
Species: | G. palleucus
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Binomial name | |
Gyrinophilus palleucus McCrady, 1954[3]
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Subspecies | |
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The Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the Appalachian Mountains in the United States.[1][4] Its natural habitats are streams in caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]