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Southeastern Slimy Salamander
Plethodon grobmani Allen and Neill, 1949

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 Joyce et al. (2019, Copeia 107(4): 701–707) used one mitochondrial and one nuclear gene to estimate phylogeographic lineage diversity of the P. glutinosus complex in Alabama and recommended synonymizing P. grobmani and P. mississippi with P. glutinosus. They further suggested recognizing only a single, widespread P. glutinosus, which would synonymize many species recognized here (see Highton et al., 1989, Illinois Biological Monograph 57: 1–153). Since they did not include rangewide sampling for these taxa, we continue to retain them pending additional data

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Alabama Florida Georgia

First instance(s) of published English names:
Grey spotted Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus: Hallowell, Edward. 1858. On the caducibranchiate uurodele batrachians. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Series 2 3():337-366); Viscid Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus: Jordan, David Starr. 1876. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi River, and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, Exclusive of Marine Species. Jansen, McClurg, and Company, Chicago, Illinois.. 342pp.); Grobman's Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus grobmani: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Florida Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus grobmani: Conant, Roger, Fred R. Cagle, Coleman J. Goin, Charles H. Lowe, Wilfred T. Neill, M. Graham Netting, Karl P. Schmidt, Charles E. Shaw, Robert C. Stebbins, and Charles M. Bogert. 1956. Common names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Copeia 1956(3):172-185); Southeastern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon grobmani: Highton, Richard. 1989. Part I: Geographic Protein Variation. Pages 2-79 in Biochemical evolution in the Slimy Salamanders of the Plethodon glutinosus complex in the Eastern United States. Illinois Biological Monograph 57, . pp.);

Taxon Links:

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

Selected References:
1949 Allen, E. Ross and Wilfred T. Neill. A new subspecies of salamander (genus Plethodon) from Florida and Georgia. Herpetologica 5(6):112-114
1956 Highton, Richard. The relationships of the salamanders of the genus Plethodon. Dissertation. University of Florida, Gainesville. 224pp.
1956 Highton, Richard. The life history of the slimy salamander, Plethodon glutinosus, in Florida. Copeia 1956(2):75-93
1962 Highton, Richard. Revision of North American salamanders of the genus Plethodon. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 6(3):235-267
1979 Highton, Richard and A. Larson. The genetic relationships of salamanders of the genus Plethodon. Systematic Zoology 28(4):579-599
1979 Maxson, Linda R., Richard Highton, and David B. Wake. Albumin evolution and its phylogenetic implications in the plethodontid salamander genera Plethodon and Ensatina. Copeia 1979(3):502-508
1989 Highton, Richard, George C. Maha, and Linda R. Maxson. Biochemical Evolution in the Slimy Salamanders of the Plethodon glutinosus Complex in the Eastern United States. Illinois Biological Monographs (57):153
1991 Highton, Richard H. Molecular phylogeny of Plethodonine salamanders and Hylid frogs: Statistical analysis of protein comparisons. Molecular Biology and Evolution 8(6):796-818
1993 Arnold, Steven J., Nancy L. Reagan, and Paul A. Verrell. Reproductive isolation and speciation in plethodontid salamanders. Herpetologica 49(2):216-228
2006 Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Does niche conservatism promote speciation? A case study in North American salamanders. Evolution 60(12):2604-2621
2006 Kozak, Kenneth H., David W. Weisrock, and Allan Larson. Rapid lineage accumulation in a non-adaptive radiation: Phylogenetic analysis of diversification rates in eastern North American woodland salamanders (Plethodontidae: Plethodon). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2006(273):539-546
2010 Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letters 13:1378-1389
2011 Fisher-Reid, M. Caitlin and John J. Wiens. What are the consequences of combining nuclear and mitochondrial data for phylogenetic analysis? Lessons from Plethodon salamanders and 13 other vertebrate clades. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:1-20
2019 Joyce, Kathlene L., Malorie M. Hayes, Jacqueline Potter, and Craig Guyer. Phylogeography of the Slimy Salamander complex (Plethodon: Plethodontidae) in Alabama. Copeia 107(4):701–707

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