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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  
Northern Pygmy Salamander
Desmognathus organi Crespi, Browne, and Rissler, 2010
DEZ-moh-NAY-thus — OR-gan-eye
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Province/State Distribution:
United States: North Carolina Tennessee Virginia

Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for a prominent biologist.
Desmognathus — Greek desmos = “ligament” + gnathos = “jaw”
organi — Patronym honoring John Organ, a biologist and wildlife conservationist.

First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.


Selected References:
1993 Arnold, Steven J., Nancy L. Reagan, and Paul A. Verrell. Reproductive isolation and speciation in plethodontid salamanders. Herpetologica 49(2):216-228
1996 Titus, Tom A. and Allan Larson. Molecular phylogenetics of Desmognathine salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae): A reevaluation of evolution in ecology, life history, and morphology. Systematic Biology 45(4):451-472
2010 Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letter 13:1378-1389
2010 Crespi, E. J., R. A. Browne, and L. J. Rissler. Taxonomic revision of Desmognathus wrighti (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Herpetologica 66:283–295

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