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title: "Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander"
description: "Plethodon montanus — Płazy. The northern gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon montanus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae and endemic to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/northern-gray-cheeked-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander

> Plethodon montanus — Płazy. The northern gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon montanus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae and endemic to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Plethodon montanus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `mountains` (Góry)
- iNaturalist observations: 2731
- Wikidata: [Q1593966](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1593966)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27170](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27170)

## Names

- en: Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander
- es: Salamandra de Mejillas Grises Norteña
- fr: Pléthodon à joues grises du Nord
- nl: Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander

## Countries with the most observations

US (2530)

## Summary

The northern gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon montanus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae and endemic to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. It is closely related to the Red-cheeked salamander and the Red-legged salamander. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is found under moss, rocks, logs, and bark in cool, moist forests above 2500 feet. Especially found in spruce-fir forests.  The Gray-cheeked Salamander commonly eats millipedes, earthworms, crane flies, spiders, and centipedes and less commonly eats ants, mites, and springtails.  They…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_gray-cheeked_salamander

## Photo

![Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-gray-cheeked-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158456394

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-gray-cheeked-salamander?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).