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Amphibia    Caudata    Proteidae  

Apalachicola Waterdog
Necturus moleri Guyer, Murray, Bart, Crother, Chabarria, Bailey, and Dunn, 2020

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 New Species. Delimited from N. punctatus by Guyer et al. (2020, Journal of Natural History 54: 15–51).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.07.49.10)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Alabama Florida Georgia

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

Selected References:
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
2020 Guyer, Craig, C. M. Murray, H. L. Bart, Jr., Brian I. Crother, R. E. Chabarria, M. A. Bailey, and K. Dunn. Colour and size reveal hidden diversity of Necturus (Caudata: Proteidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States. Journal of Natural History. London 54(1-4):15–51

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