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Many-lined Salamander
Stereochilus marginatus (Hallowell, 1856)

SSAR 9th Edition 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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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Florida Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia

First instance(s) of published English names:
Margined Triton (Sterochilus marginatum: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Margined Salamander (Stereochilus marginatus: Brimley, Clement S. 1915. List of reptiles and amphibians of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 30(4):195-206); Many-lined Salamander (Sterochilus marginatus: 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:
1856 Hallowell, Edward. Notes on the reptiles in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philad'a. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 8:221-238
1966 Rabb, George B. Stereochilus and S. marginatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (25):1-2
1971 Bruce, Richard C. Life cycle and population structure of the salamander Stereochilus marginatus in North Carolina. Copeia 1971(2):234-246
2010 Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letters 13:1378-1389

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