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Southeastern Slimy Salamander
Plethodon grobmani Allen and Neill, 1949

Current SSAR 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

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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
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1949 Allen, E. Ross and Wilfred T. Neill. A new subspecies of salamander (genus Plethodon) from Florida and Georgia. Herpetologica 5(6):112-114
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
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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