Desmognathus wrighti
King, 1936
dez-mog-NAWK-us — RITE-ai
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Pygmy Salamander (Desmognathus wrighti: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Pigmy Salamander (Desmognathus wrighti: 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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1936
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King, Willis. A new salamander (Desmognathus) from the southern Appalachians. Herpetologica 1:57-60, 1 plate
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1939
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Green, N. Bayard. The pygmy salamander, Desmognatus wrighti King, on White Top Mountain, Virginia. Copeia 1939(1):49
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1969
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Tilley, Stephen G. and J. R. Harrison. Notes on the distribution of the pygmy salamander, Desmognathus wrighti King. Herpetologica 25(3):178-180
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1977
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Bruce, Richard C. They Pygmy Salamander, Desmognathus wrighti (Amphibia, Urodela, Plethodontidae), in the Cowee Mountains, North Carolina. Journal of Herpetology 11(2):246-247
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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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2000
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Harrison, Julian R., III Desmognathus wrighti Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (704):1-7
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2006
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Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Does niche conservatism promote speciation? A case study in North American salamanders. Evolution 60(12):2604-2621
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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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