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Neuse River Waterdog
Necturus lewisi Brimley, 1924

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

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Province/State Distribution:
USA: North Carolina

First instance(s) of published English names:
Water Dog (Necturus maculatus: Brimley, Clement S. 1915. List of reptiles and amphibians of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 30(4):195-206); Neuse River Waterdog (Necturus maculosus lewisi: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
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iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1924 Brimley, Clement S. The waterdogs (Necturus) of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 40:166–168
1985 Sessions, Stanley K. and John E. Wiley. Chromosome evolution in salamanders of the genus Necturus. Brimleyana (10):37-52
1988 Maxson, Linda R., Paul E. Moler, B. W. Mansell, and L. R. Maxson. Albumin Evolution in Salamanders of the Genus Necturus. Journal of Herpetology 22(2):231-235
1990 Ashton, Ray E., Jr. Nectrurus lewisi Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (456):1-2

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