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Southern Dwarf Siren
Pseudobranchus axanthus Netting and Goin, 1942

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Florida

First instance(s) of published English names:
Narrow-striped Mud Siren (Pseudobranchus striatus axanthus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Narrow-striped Dwarf Siren (Pseudobranchus striatus axanthus: 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); Everglades Dwarf Siren (Pseudobranchus striatus belli: 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);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1942 Netting, M. Graham and Coleman J. Goin. Descriptions of two new slamanders from Peninsular Florida. Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 29:175-196
1974 Martof, Bernard S. Sirenidae. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (151):1-2
1993 Moler, Paul E. and James Kezer. Karyology and systematics of the salamander genus Pseudobranchus (Sirenidae). Copeia 1993(1):39-47
2003 Gardner, James D. Revision of Habrosaurus Gilmore (Caudata: Sirenidae) and relationships among Sirenid salamanders. Paleontology 46(6):1009-1122

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