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Patchnose Salamander
Urspelerpes brucei Camp, Peterman, Milanovich, Lamb, Maerz & Wake, 2009
- 8/21/2009
2009. Camp, C. D., W. E. Peterman, J. R. Milanovich, T. Lamb, J. C. Maerz & D. B. Wake. A new genus and species of lungless salamander (family Plethodontidae) from the Appalachian highlands of the south-eastern United States. Journal of Zoology 279: 86-94.
Named for the esteemed herpetologist, Richard C. Bruce, Professor Emeritus of Western Carolina University and retired director of the Highlands Biological Station in North Carolina.
Known only from northern Georgia.
To view images of this remarkable new taxon, go to
http://www.cnah.org/detail.asp?id=1404
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