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Reticulated Siren
Siren reticulata Graham, Kline, Steen, and Kelehear, 2018

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
New Species. Delimited as the sister taxon to all other Siren spp. by Graham et al. (2018, PLoS One 13: e0207460).

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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Alabama Florida

First instance(s) of published English names:
Dwarf Siren (Siren intermedia: 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

Selected References:
1973 Martof, Bernard S. Siren intermedia. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (127):1-3
1974 Martof, Bernard S. Sirenidae. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (151):1-2
1974 Martof, Bernard S. Siren. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (152):1-2
2003 Gardner, James D. Revision of Habrosaurus Gilmore (Caudata: Sirenidae) and relationships among Sirenid salamanders. Paleontology 46(6):1009-1122
2018 Graham, S. P., R. Kline, D. A. Steen, and C. Kelehear. Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata. PLoS One 13(12:e0207460):1–16

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