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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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