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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  

Northern Seal Salamander
Desmognathus monticola Dunn, 1916

Current SSAR Comments:
The committee assigns a newly suggested Standard English Name for this species to differentiate it from the recently described D. cheaha.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Seal Salamander (Desmognathus monticola: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Blue Ridge Seal Salamander (Desmognathus monticola jeffersoni: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Seal Salamander (Desmognathus monticola monticola: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Virginia Seal Salamander (Desmognathus monticola jeffersoni: Conant, Roger, Fred R. Cagle, Coleman J. Goin, Charles H. Lowe, Wilfred T. Neill, M. Graham Netting, Karl P. Schmidt, Charles E. Shaw, Robert C. Stebbins, and Charles M. Bogert. 1956. Common names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Copeia 1956(3):172-185); Appalachian Seal Salamander (Desmognathus monticola monticola: Conant, Roger, Fred R. Cagle, Coleman J. Goin, Charles H. Lowe, Wilfred T. Neill, M. Graham Netting, Karl P. Schmidt, Charles E. Shaw, Robert C. Stebbins, and Charles M. Bogert. 1956. Common names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Copeia 1956(3):172-185);

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
2023 Pyron, R. Alexander and David A. Beamer A systematic revision of the Shovel-nosed Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus marmoratus), with re-description of the related D. aureatus and D. intermedius. Zootaxa 5270(2):262-280

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