South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2022 |title=Plethodon meridianus |volume=2022 |page=e.T59347A118995365 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59347/118995365 |access-date=24 December 2022}}

| genus = Plethodon

| species = meridianus

| authority = Highton & Peabody, 2000

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The South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon meridianus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the state of North Carolina in the United States, where it is only found in the South Mountains. It was formerly considered a variant of the red-cheeked salamander (P. jordani). Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.{{Cite web|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/5844|title=AmphibiaWeb - Plethodon meridianus|website=amphibiaweb.org|access-date=2019-05-30}}