Cheat Mountain Salamander
White Top is also known as the first location where the Cheat Mountain Salamander was identified. This small vertebrate species was identified in 1935 by M. Graham Netting and Leonard Llewellyn. The salamander is found only on Cheat Mountain and adjacent mountains in the West Virginia highlands.
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