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Amphibia
Caudata
Plethodontidae
Mississippi Slimy Salamander
Plethodon mississippi
Highton, 1989
Current SSAR Comments:
See note under
P. grobmani
.
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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.);
Viscid Salamander
(
Plethodon glutinosus
: Rhoads, Samuel N.
1895
. Contributions to the zoology of Tennessee. No. 1, Reptiles and amphibians. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 47():376-407);
Mississippi Slimy Salamander
(
Plethodon mississippi
: 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:
1989
Highton, Richard. 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.
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