a clutch of eggs being brooded by the female and each egg developing directly into a juvenile without an intervening larval stage. Status The red-cheeked salamander is listed as being "Near Threatened" in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The population of the species appears to be stable but the area of its range is less than . Balancing this, it is common in many locations, tolerates forestry disturbance and lives completely within the confines of the national park. The main threats may be acid rain, climate change and the damage to forests caused by the balsam woolly adelgid (Adelges piceae). References Plethodon Amphibians of the United States Endemic fauna of the United States Natural history of the Great Smoky Mountains Amphibians described in 1901 Taxa named by Willis Blatchley Taxonomy articles created by Polbot