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Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus carolinensis (Dunn, 1916)

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

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Blue Ridge Mountain Salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus carolinensis: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

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

Pertinent LIterature:
1916 Dunn, Emmert R. Two new salamanders of the genus Desmognathus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29():73–76

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