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Gulf Coast Waterdog
Necturus beyeri Viosca, 1937

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

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Mobile Waterdog (Necturus lodingi: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Beyer's Waterdog (Necturus maculosus beyeri: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Gulf Coast Waterdog (Necturus maculosus beyeri: 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
  
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iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1937 Viosca, Percy., Jr. A tentative revision of the genus Necturus with descriptions of three new species from the southern Gulf drainage area. Copeia 1937():120-138

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