Hickory Nut Gorge Green Salamander
Aneides caryaensis
Patton, Apodaca, Corser, Wilson, Williams, Cameron, and Wake, 2019
AH-nee-des — KAH-ree-uh-EN-sis
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
New Species. Delimited from A. aeneus by Patton et al. (2019, Copeia 107(4): 748-763).
(Pyron, R. Alexander, Christopher K. Beachy, David A. Beamer, and Kenneth M. Kozak. 2025. Caudata – Salamanders. Pages 10-21 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)
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Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for its localized habitat.
Aneides — Greek an- = “not” + eidos = “form”
caryaensis — Latinized toponym from Hickory Nut Gorge, North Carolina — derived from Carya, genus of hickory trees + -ensis = “from.”
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1950
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Lowe, Charles H., Jr. The systematic status of the salamander Plethodon hardii, with a discussion of biogeographical problems in Aneides. Copeia 1950:92-99
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1974
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Wake, David B. Aneides. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (157):1-2
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2010
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Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letters 13:1378-1389
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2019
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Patton, A., J. J. Apodaca, J. D. Corser, C. R. Wilson, L. A. Williams, A. D. Cameron, and David B. Wake. A new Green Salamander in the southern Appalachians: Evolutionary history of Aneides aeneus and implications for management and conservation with the description of a cryptic microendemic species. Copeia 2019:748–763
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