Aneides klamathensis
Reilly and Wake, 2019
AH-nee-des — KLAM-ah-THEN-sis
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
New Species. Delimited from A. flavipunctatus by Reilly and Wake (2019, PeerJ 7: e7370).
(Pyron, R. Alexander, Christopher K. Beachy, David A. Beamer, and Kenneth M. Kozak. 2025. Caudata – Salamanders. Pages 10-21 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)
(, Museum Voucher)
(, Observation)
(, Literature Record),
(, Citizen Science),
( Fossil)
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Occurrences:;
275
Total;
1
Museum;
274
Other
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Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for the Klamath Mountains.
Aneides — Greek an- = “not” + eidos = “form”
klamathensis — Latinized toponym from the Klamath region — -ensis = “from.”
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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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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2010
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Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letter 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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2026
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Glosli, Cort, Andre Giraldi, Pedro Peloso, Silvia Pavan, and Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy. Range extension and species assignment of a rediscovered population of the Black Salamander complex (genus Aneides) in California, USA, based on morphological and molecular evidence. Herpetology Notes 19:289–300
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