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Amphibia
Caudata
Plethodontidae
Red-legged Salamander
Plethodon shermani
Stejneger, 1906
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Red-legged Salamander
(
Plethodon shermani
: Brimley, Clement S.
1915
. List of reptiles and amphibians of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 30(4):195-206);
Red-legged Salamander
(
Plethodon jordani shermani
: 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:
1906
Stejneger, Leonard. A new salamander from North Carolina. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 30():559–562
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