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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  

Talladega Seal Salamander
Desmognathus cheaha Pyron, O'Connell, Duncan, Burbrink, and Beamer, 2023

Current SSAR Comments:
New Species. Delimited from D. monticola by Pyron et al. (2023, Systematic Biology 72: 179–197).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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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:
2023 Pyron, R. Alexander, K. A. O'Connell, S. Duncan, Frank T. Burbrink, and David A. Beamer. Speciation hypotheses from phylogeographic delimitation yield an integrative taxonomy for Seal Salamanders (Desmognathus monticola). Systematic Biology 72(1):179–197

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