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Amphibia
Caudata
Plethodontidae
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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