Dixie Caverns salamander

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image=Dixie Caverns Salamander (Plethodon dixi).jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |year= 2023 |title= Plethodon dixi |page= e.T152360128A152360172 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T152360128A152360172.en |access-date=1 April 2024}}

| taxon = Plethodon dixi

| authority = Pope and Fowler, 1949

}}

The Dixie Caverns salamander (Plethodon dixi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the state of Virginia in the United States. It is most often found in Roanoke County, but several specimens have been recorded in surrounding counties.{{Cite web|url=https://inaturalist.org/taxa/733752-Plethodon-dixi|title= Dixie Cavern Salamander|website=inaturalist.org|access-date=2023-04-10}} It was commonly confused with Wehrle's salamander (P. wehrlei) and was merged with that species shortly after description, but a 2019 study reaffirmed it as a distinct species.{{Cite web|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8818|title=AmphibiaWeb - Plethodon dixi|website=amphibiaweb.org|access-date=2019-05-31}}{{Cite journal|last1=Camp|first1=Carlos D.|last2=Pierson|first2=Todd W.|last3=Wooten|first3=Jessica A.|last4=Felix|first4=Zachary I.|date=2019-05-24|title=Re-evaluation of the Wehrle's salamander (Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn) species group (Caudata: Plethodontidae) using genomic data, with the description of a new species|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4609.3.2|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4609|issue=3|pages=429–448|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.2|pmid=31717092|s2cid=181533495 |issn=1175-5334}}