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Wehrle's Salamander
Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn, 1917

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Wehrle's Salamander (Plethodon wehrlei: 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:
1917 Fowler, Henry W. and Emmett Reid Dunn. Notes on salamanders. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 69(1):7-28
2019 Felix, Zachary I., Jessica A. Wooten, Todd W. Pierson, and Carlos D. Camp. Re-evaluation of the Wehrle’s salamander (Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn) species group (Caudata: Plethodontidae) using genomic data, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4609(3):429–448

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