Desmognathus
Desmognathus | |
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Desmognathus auriculatus, southern dusky salamander | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Subfamily: | Plethodontinae |
Genus: | Desmognathus Baird, 1850 |
Species | |
See table. |
Desmognathus is a genus of lungless salamanders known as dusky salamanders, ranging from Eastern USA to Southeastern Canada.
Species
This genus includes the following 21 species:
Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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Desmognathus abditus Anderson & Tilley, 2003 | Cumberland dusky salamander |
Desmognathus aeneus Brown & Bishop, 1947 | seepage salamander |
Desmognathus apalachicolae Means & Karlin, 1989 | Apalachicola dusky salamander |
Desmognathus auriculatus (Holbrook, 1838) | southern dusky salamander |
Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895 | Ouachita dusky salamander |
Desmognathus carolinensis Dunn, 1916 | Carolina Mountain dusky salamander |
Desmognathus conanti Rossman, 1958 | spotted dusky salamander |
Desmognathus folkertsi Camp, Tilley, Austin & Marshall, 2002 | dwarf blackbelly salamander |
Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | northern dusky salamander |
Desmognathus imitator Dunn, 1927 | imitator salamander |
Desmognathus marmoratus (Moore, 1899) | shovelnose salamander |
Desmognathus monticola Dunn, 1916 | seal salamander |
Desmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859 | Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander |
Desmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949 | Ocoee dusky salamander |
Desmognathus orestes Tilley & Mahoney, 1996 | Blue Ridge dusky salamander |
Desmognathus organi Crespi & Browne, 2010 | pygmy salamander |
Desmognathus planiceps Newman, 1955 | flat-headed salamander |
Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Holbrook, 1840) | blackbelly salamander |
Desmognathus santeetlah Tilley, 1981 | Santeetlah dusky salamander |
Desmognathus welteri Barbour, 1950 | Black Mountain dusky salamander |
Desmognathus wrighti King, 1936 | pygmy salamander |
External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July 2008). Desmognathus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Desmognathus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
- Tree of Life: Desmognathus
- "Desmognathus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
Further reading
- Baird SF. 1850. Revision of the North American Tailed-Batrachia, with descriptions of new genera and species. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Series 2, 1: 281-294. (Desmognathus, new genus, p. 282).
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