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Description
editA medium to large sized terrestrial Plethodontid salamander which is similar in appearance to the Northern slimy salamander, which it is sympatric with. The Cumberland plateau salamander was first described in 1951[1], but the validity of the species was questioned in 1955[2] until it was validated in 1983[3]. This species likely hybridizes with Plethodon glutinosus, hybridization is common with other members of the slimy salamander complex[4].
Distribution
editFound in the Cumberland plateau in eastern Kentucky, western West Virginia, northern Tennessee and western Virginia, the species is not found east of the Kanawha and New rivers[5].
== References ==I am sorry this review is so late. I really like your additions to the article Alex. I like how you contribute to the various stages of validation this species went through. Do you think DNA analysis needs to be mentioned? If I remember right from Dr. Waldron's class, DNA or genetic analysis was key to separating different subspecies into different species. You could add that in there. I think the addition of the distribution of the animal is important and necessary. Did you find any reproduction information on this animal? I know some of these Plethodons have little to no information out there on reproduction but adding even the most basic points about this could be a good addition. Overall, I think you improved this article greatly. ~~Jungen87
- ^ Mittleman, Myron (1951). "Two new salamanders of the genus Plethodon". Herpetologica. 7 (3): 105–112.
- ^ Clay, William; Case, B; Cunningham, R (1955). "On the taxonomic status of the slimy salamander Plethodon glutinosus(Green), in southeastern Kentucky". Trans Kentucky Acad Sci. 16: 57–65.
- ^ Highton, Richard; MacGregor, John (1983). "Plethodon kentucki Mittleman: a valid species of Cumberland Plateau woodland salamander". Herpetologica: 189–200.
- ^ Kuchta, SR; Brown, AD; Converse, PE; Highton, R (2016). "Multilocus Phylogeography and Species Delimitation in the Cumberland Plateau Salamander, Plethodon kentucki: Incongruence among Data Sets and Methods". PLOS ONE. 11 (3): e0150022. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150022. PMC 4790894. PMID 26974148.
- ^ "IUCN Red List Plethodon kentucki".