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Flat-headed Salamander
Desmognathus planiceps Newman, 1955

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Flat-headed Salamander (Desmognathus planiceps: 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:
1955 Newman, W. B. Desmognathus planiceps, a new salamander from Virginia. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 45():83–86

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