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Amphibia
Caudata
Plethodontidae
Western Shovel-nosed Salamander
Desmognathus intermedius
(Pope, 1928)
Current SSAR Comments:
Elevated from the synonymy of
Desmognathus marmoratus
by Pyron and Beamer (2023, Zootaxa 5270: 262–280).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.08.31.10.16.19)
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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:
1928
Pope, Clifford H. Some plethodontid salamanders from North Carolina and Kentucky with the description of a new race of
Leurognathus
. American Museum Novitates 306():1-19
2020
Beamer, David A. and Trip Lamb. Towards rectifying limitations on species delineation in dusky salamanders (
Desmognathus
: Plethodontidae): An ecoregion-drainage sampling grid reveals additional cryptic clades. Zootaxa 4734(1):1–61
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