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Chattooga Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus perlapsus Neill, 1950

Current SSAR Comments:
Elevated from the synonymy of Desmognathus ocoee by Pyron and Beamer (2022, Zootaxa, 5190: 207–240).

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Tallulah Salamander (Desmognathus perlapsus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1950 Neill, W. T. A new species of salamander, genus Desmognathus, from Georgia. Publications of the Research Division, Ross Allen's Reptile Institute. Silver Springs 1():1–6
2022 Pyron, R. Alexander and David A. Beamer. Systematics of the Ocoee Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus ocoee), with description of two new species from the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Zootaxa (5190):207–240

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