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Limestone Salamander
Hydromantes brunus Gorman, 1954

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: California

First instance(s) of published English names:
Limestone Salamander (Hydromantes brunus: 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

Selected References:
1954 Gorman, Joe. A new species of salamander from central California. Herpetologica 10(3):153-158
1964 Gorman, Joe. Hydromantes. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (10):1-2
1964 Gorman, Joe Hydromantes brunus, H. platycephalus, and H. shastae. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (11):1-2
1999 Nardi, Irma, Renata Batistoni, Silvia Marracci, and Benedetto Lanza. Repetitive DNA components of the large Hydromantes genome: Phylogenetic and molecular aspects. Herpetologica 55(2):131-139
2005 Wake, David B., Alfredo Salvador, and Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga. Taxonomy of the Plethodontid Salamander Genus Hydromantes (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 26(4):543-548

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