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Black-Spotted Newt
Notophthalmus meridionalis (Cope, 1880)

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

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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. 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

Pertinent LIterature:
1880 Cope, Edward D. On the zoological position of Texas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (17):151

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