The Savannah slimy salamander (Plethodon savannah) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the state of Georgia in the United States, where it is restricted to the Atlantic coastal plain in Burke, Jefferson, and Richmond counties. This distribution reaches its eastern limit at the Savannah River. Its natural habitat is bottomland hardwood forest. Population analysis indicates a precipitous decline in the population of this species, and it is becoming extirpated in many areas due to development; for example, the habitat at the type locality of this species was partially destroyed by a housing development.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Plethodontinae |
| Genus: | Plethodon |
| Species: | P. savannah
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| Binomial name | |
| Plethodon savannah Highton, 1989
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References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Plethodon savannah". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T125175492A125175534. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T125175492A125175534.en. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Plethodon savannah". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ "Comprehensive Report Species - Plethodon savannah". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
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