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Seepage Salamander
Desmognathus aeneus Brown and Bishop, 1947

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Bronzy Salamander (Plethodon aeneus: Hay, Oliver P. 1892. Batrachians and Reptiles of the State of Indiana. Pages 409-624 in 17th Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, William B. Burford, Printer and Binder, Indianapolis, Indiana. pp.); Cherokee Salamander (Desmognathus aeneus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Alabama Salamander (Desmognathus chermocki: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Seepage Salamander (Desmognathus aeneus: Collins, Joseph T., James E. Huheey, James L. Knight, and Hobart M. Smith. 1978. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Circulars (7):36);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1947 Brown, Walter C. and Sherman C. Bishop. A new species of Desmognathus from North Carolina. Copeia 1947(3):163-166

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