Cherokee Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus adatsihi
Pyron and Beamer, 2022
dez-mog-NAWK-us — ah-dat-SEE-hee
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
New Species. Delimited from D. ocoee by Pyron and Beamer (2022, Zootaxa 5190: 207–240).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
Etymology:
Cherokee dusky salamander, named in the Cherokee language.
Desmognathus — Greek desmos = “ligament” + gnathos = “jaw”
adatsihi — Cherokee word for “salamander” (ᎠᏓᏥᎯ / adatsihi) — honors Cherokee language and culture.
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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1978
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Tilley, S. G., R. B. Merritt, B. Wu, and R. Highton. Genetic differentiation in salamanders of the Desmognathus ochrophaeus complex (Plethodontidae). Evolution 32:93–115
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1993
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Arnold, Steven J., Nancy L. Reagan, and Paul A. Verrell. Reproductive isolation and speciation in plethodontid salamanders. Herpetologica 49(2):216-228
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1996
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Titus, Tom A. and Allan Larson. Molecular phylogenetics of Desmognathine salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae): A reevaluation of evolution in ecology, life history, and morphology. Systematic Biology 45(4):451-472
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2005
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Kozak, Kenneth H., Allan Larson, Ronald M. Bonett, and Luke J. Harmon. Phylogenetic analysis of ecomorphological civergence, community structure, and diversification rates in dusky salamanders (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus). Evolution 59(9):2000-2016
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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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2020
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Pyron, R. Alexander, K. A. O'Connell, Emily M. Lemmon, Alan R. Lemmon, and David A. Beamer. Phylogenomic data reveal reticulation and incongruence among mitochondrial candidate species in Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146(106751):1–13
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2020
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Beamer, David A. and Trip Lamb. Towards rectifying limitations on species delineation in dusky salamanders (Desmognathus: Plethodontidae): An ecoregion-drainage sampling grid reveals additional cryptic clades. Zootaxa 4734(1):1–61
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2022
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Pyron, R. Alexander and David A. Beamer. Systematics of the Ocoee Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus ocoee), with description of two new species from the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Zootaxa (5190):207–240
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2022
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Pyron, R. Alexander, K. A. O'Connell, Emily M. Lemmon, Alan R. Lemmon, and David A. Beamer. Candidate-species delimitation in Desmognathus salamanders reveals gene flow across lineage boundaries, confounding phylogenetic estimation and clarifying hybrid zones. Ecology and Evolution 12(2: e8574):1–38
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