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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  

Carolina Swamp Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus valtos Pyron and Beamer, 2022

Current SSAR Comments:
New Species. Delimited from D. auriculatus by Pyron and Beamer (2022, Zootaxa 5188: 587–595).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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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:
2022 Pyron, R. Alexander and David A. Beamer. Allocation of Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838, with a new species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Zootaxa 5188(6):587–595

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