Speckled Black Salamander
Aneides flavipunctatus
(Strauch, 1870)
ah-NIE-des — flav-eh-punk-TAW-tus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
The Standard English Name was changed to 'Speckled' Black Salamander by Reilly and Wake (2019, PeerJ 7: e7370) to reflect the breakup of the A. flavipunctatus complex.
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Etymology:
Named for its yellow spots.
Aneides — Greek an- = “not” + eidos = “form”
flavipunctatus — Latin flavi- = “yellow” + punctatus = “spotted” — “yellow-spotted.”
First instance(s) of published English names:
Yellow-spotted Lizard (Plethodon flavipunctatus: 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); Black Salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Shasta Salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus flavipunctatus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Speckled Black Salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus flavipunctatus: 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);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1870
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Strauch, Alexander. Revision der Salamandriden-Gattungen nebst beschreibung einiger neuen und weniger bekannten Arten dieser Familie. [Revision of the salamandrid genera along with a description of some new and lesser-known species of this family.] Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. Série. [Memoirs of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. Series.] 7, 16(4):1–110
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1950
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Lowe, Charles H., Jr. The systematic status of the salamander Plethodon hardii, with a discussion of biogeographical problems in Aneides. Copeia 1950:92-99
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1974
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Wake, David B. Aneides. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (157):1-2
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1974
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Lynch, James F. Aneides flavipunctatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (158):1-2
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2010
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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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2019
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Reilly, Sean B. and David B. Wake. Taxonomic revision of black salamanders of the Aneides flavipunctatus complex (Caudata: Plethodontidae). PeerJ 7(7370):1–36.
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