Siskiyou Mountains Salamander
Plethodon stormi
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- P. stormi – Siskiyou Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plethodon stormi occurs only in the extreme northwestern California in the Siskiyou Mountains of Siskiyou County.
LEGAL STATUS: Plethodon stormi is protected in the State of California.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plethodon stormi (Highton and Brame, 1965)
Genus: Plethodon, Greek – plethore =fullness or full of + odon = teeth — ref. to the number of vomerine and paravomerine teeth
Species: stormi, honors Robert M. Storm
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962