Mount Lyell salamander

The Mount Lyell salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, United States.[1][2] It is found in a range of microhabitats, such as rock exposures, talus and rock fissures, and under rocks or in caves or crevices. Its altitudinal range is 1,220–3,670 m (4,000–12,040 ft) above sea level. No significant threats to this species are known.[1]

Mount Lyell salamander
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Subfamily:	Plethodontinae
Genus:	Hydromantes
Species:	H. platycephalus
Binomial name
Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916)
Synonyms[2]
Spelerpes platycephalus Camp, 1916

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Hydromantes platycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T59286A64258855. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T59286A64258855.en.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 March 2017.

Further reading

• Clark, H.O., Jr., and S.I. Hagen. 2008. Notes on a Mount Lyell Salamander observed near Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California. Sonoran Herpetologist 21:122-123.

• Clark, H.O., Jr., and S.I. Hagen. 2016. Notes on a Mount Lyell Salamander observed near Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California—Revisited ten years later. Sonoran Herpetologist 29:64.