Northern Shovel-nosed Salamander
Desmognathus marmoratus
(Moore, 1899)
dez-mog-NAWK-us — mar-more-AWE-tus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Pyron and Beamer (2023, Zootaxa 5270: 262–280) revised the D. marmoratus complex and resurrected a previous Standard English Name from Schmidt (1953, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois) for the nominotypical species to differentiate it from D. intermedius and D. aureatus.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Moore's Triton (Leurognathus marmoratus: Brimley, Clement S. 1915. List of reptiles and amphibians of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 30(4):195-206); Shovel-nosed Salamander (Leurognathus marmorata: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Southern Shovel-nosed Salamander (Leurognathus marmorata intermedia: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Northern Shovel-nosed Salamander (Leurognathus marmorata marmorata: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1899
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Moore, J. P. Leurognathus marmorata, a new genus and species of salamander of the family Desmognathidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51:316–323
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1953
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Schmidt, Karl P. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.
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1963
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Martof, Bernard S. Leurognathus and L. marmoratus Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (3):1-2
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1974
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Valentine, Barry D. Desmognathus quadramaculatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (153):1-4
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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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1995
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Voss, S. Randal, David G. Smith, Christopher K. Beachy, and David G. Heckel. Allozyme variation in neighboring isolated populations of the plethodontid salamander Leurognathus marmoratus. Journal of Herpetology 29(3):493-497
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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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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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2023
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Pyron, R. Alexander and David A. Beamer A systematic revision of the Shovel-nosed Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus marmoratus), with re-description of the related D. aureatus and D. intermedius. Zootaxa 5270(2):262-280
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2025
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Pyron, R. Alexander, Kyle A. O'connell, Edward A. Myers, David A. Beamer, and Hector Banos. Complex hybridization in a clade of polytypic salamanders (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) uncovered by estimating higher-level phylogenetic networks. Systematic Biology 74(1):124-140
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