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Black-Spotted Newt
Notophthalmus meridionalis (Cope, 1880)

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.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2025.03.28.13.34.51)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas

First instance(s) of published English names:
Texas Triton (Diemyctylus miniatus meridionalis: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Southern Newt (Notophthalmus meridionalis: Strecker, John K., Jr. 1922. An annotated catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles of Bexar County, Texas. Bulletin Scientific Society of San Antonio (4):1-31); Black-spotted Newt (Diemictylus meridionalis: 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

Selected References:
1880 Cope, Edward D. On the zoological position of Texas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (17):151
1968 Mecham, John S. Notophthalamus meridionalis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (74):1-2
1968 Mecham, John S. On the relationships between Notophthalmus meridionalis and Notophthalmus kallerti. Journal of Herpetology 2(3-4):121-127
1990 Reilly, Stephen M. Biochemical systematics and evolution of the eastern North American newts, genus Notophthalmus (Caudata: Salamandridae) Herpetologica 46(1):51-59
1997 Taggart, Travis W. Geographic Distribution. Notophthalmus meridionalis (Black-Spotted Newt). Herpetological Review 28(1):47
2018 Bare, Evan Regional distribution, non-invasive detection, and genetic diversity of the Black-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus meridionalis). Thesis. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas. 1-95pp.

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