Desmognathus planiceps
Newman, 1955
dez-mog-NAWK-us — plan-EH-seps
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Virginia
First instance(s) of published English names:
Flat-headed Salamander (Desmognathus planiceps: 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:
1955
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Newman, W. B. Desmognathus planiceps, a new salamander from Virginia. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 45:83–86
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1962
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Martof, Bernard S. and Francis L. Rose. The taxonomic status of the Plethodintid salamander, Desmognathus planiceps. Copeia 1962(1):215-216
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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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2008
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Tilley, Stephen G., Renee L. Eriksen, and Laura A. Katz. Systematics of dusky salamanders, Desmognathus (Caudata: Plethodontidae), in the mountain and Piedmont regions of Virginia and North Carolina, USA. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152:115-130
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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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