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Amphibia
Caudata
Plethodontidae
Great Balsams Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus balsameus
Pyron and Beamer, 2022
Current SSAR Comments:
New Species. Delimited from
D. ocoee
by Pyron and Beamer (2022, Zootaxa 5190: 207–240).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.08.31.10.12.39)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
2022
Pyron, R. Alexander and David A. Beamer. Systematics of the Ocoee Salamander (Plethodontidae:
Desmognathus ocoee
), with description of two new species from the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Zootaxa (5190):207–240
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