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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  

Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus orestes Tilley and Mahoney, 1996

Current SSAR Comments:
This taxon consists of two genetically differentiated units that may represent cryptic species (Tilley and Mahoney, 1996, Herpetological Monographs 10: 1–42; Tilley, 1997, Journal of Heredity 88: 305–315; Highton, 2000, pages 215–241 in R. C. Bruce, B. G. Jaeger, and L. D. Houck [Editors], The Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York).

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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:
1996 Tilley, S. G., and M. J. Mahoney. Patterns of genetic differentiation in salamanders of the Desmognathus ochrophaeus complex (Amphibia: Plethodontidae). Herpetological Monographs 10():1–42
1997 Tilley, S. G. Patterns of genetic differentiation in Appalachian desmognathine salamanders. Journal of Heredity 88():305–315
2000 Highton, Richard. Detecting cryptic species using allozyme data. Pages 215–260 in The Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, New York. pp.

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