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Red River Mudpuppy
Necturus louisianensis Viosca, 1938

Current SSAR Comments:
This taxon was treated as a full species by Chabarria et al. (2018, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56: 352–363), elevating it from a subspecies of N. maculosus.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Waterdog (Necturus maculosus maculosus: Smith, Hobart M. 1934. The Amphibians of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 15(4):377-527); Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus maculosus: Smith, Hobart M. 1934. The Amphibians of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 15(4):377-527); Red River Waterdog (Necturus maculosus louisianensis: 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
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1938 Viosca, Percy, Jr. A new waterdog from central Louisiana. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 51():143-146
2018 Chabarria, Ryan E., Christopher M. Murray, Paul E. Moler, Henry L. Bart Jr., Brian I. Crother, and Craig Guyer. Evolutionary insights into the North American Necturus beyeri complex (Amphibia: Caudata) based on molecular genetic and morphological analyses. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56(3):352–363

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