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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
  
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iNaturalist
  
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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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