Desmognathus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Plethodontinae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species (39): D. abditus – D. adatsihi – D. aeneus – D. amphileucus – D. anicetus – D. apalachicolae – D. aureatus – D. auriculatus – D. bairdi – D. balsameus – D. brimleyorum – D. campi – D. carolinensis – D. catahoula – D. cheaha – D. conanti – D. folkertsi – D. fuscus – D. gvnigeusgwotli – D. imitator – D. intermedius – D. lycos – D. marmoratus – D. mavrokoilius – D. monticola – D. ochrophaeus – D. ocoee – D. orestes – D. organi – D. pascagoula – D. perlapsus – D. planiceps – D. quadramaculatus – D. santeetlah – D. tilleyi – D. valentinei – D. valtos – D. welteri – D. wrighti

Name

Desmognathus Baird, 1850: 282 [conserved name]

Type species: Triturus fuscus Rafinesque, 1820, by the subsequent designation of Brown (1908: 126).
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names by Opinion 92 (1926: 3).

Synonyms

Leurognathus Moore, 1899: 316
- Type species: Leurognathus marmorata Moore, 1899, by monotypy.

Geognathus Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2012: 145
- Type species: Desmognathus wrighti King, 1936, by original designation.

Hydrognathus Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2012: 145
- Type species: Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Baird, S.F. 1850. Revision of the North American tailed-batrachia, with descriptions of new genera and species [including: Descriptions of four new species of North American salamanders, and one new species of scink]. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Second Series 1: 281–294. BHL Reference page.
International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1926. Opinion 92. Sixteen generic names of Pisces, Amphibia, and Reptilia placed in the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 3–4. BHL Reference page.
Dubois, A. & Raffaëlli, J. 2012. A new ergotaxonomy of the order Urodela Duméril, 1805 (Amphibia, Batrachia). Alytes 28(3–4): 77–161. ResearchGate Reference page.

Additional references

Means, D.B., Lamb, J.Y. & Bernardo, J. 2017. A new species of dusky salamander (Amphibia: Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States and a redescription of D. auriculatus. Zootaxa 4263(3): 467–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.3. Reference page.
Beamer, D.A. & Lamb, T. 2020. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4734.1.1 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A., O’Connell, K.A., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R. & Beamer, D.A. 2020. Phylogenomic data reveal reticulation and incongruence among mitochondrial candidate species in Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106751. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106751 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. A nomenclatural and taxonomic review of the salamanders (Urodela) from Holbrook’s North American Herpetology. Zootaxa 5188(6): 151–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.1 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. Nomenclatural solutions for diagnosing ‘cryptic’ species using molecular and morphological data facilitate a taxonomic revision of the Black-bellied Salamanders (Urodela, Desmognathus ‘quadramaculatus’) from the southern Appalachian Mountains. Bionomina 27(1): 1–43. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.27.1.1 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. Allocation of Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838, with a new species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Zootaxa 5188(6): 587–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.6 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. Systematics of the Ocoee Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus ocoee), with description of two new species from the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Zootaxa 5190(2): 207–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.3 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A., O’Connell, K.A., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. 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. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8574 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A., Beamer, D.A., Holzheuser, C.R., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R., Wynn, A.H. & O’Connell, K.A. 2022. Contextualizing enigmatic extinctions using genomic DNA from fluid-preserved museum specimens of Desmognathus salamanders. Conservation Genetics 23: 375–386. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-021-01424-4 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A., O’Connell, K.A., Lamb, J.Y. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. A new, narrowly endemic species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi and Alabama. Zootaxa 5133(1): 53–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.1.3 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A. & Beamer, D.A. 2023. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.5 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A. & Beamer, D.A. 2023. Systematic revision of the Spotted and Northern Dusky Salamanders (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus conanti and D. fuscus), with six new species from the eastern United States. Zootaxa 5311(4): 451–504. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.4.1 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A., O’Connell, K.A., Duncan, S.C., Burbrink, F.T. & Beamer, D.A. 2023. Speciation Hypotheses from Phylogeographic Delimitation Yield an Integrative Taxonomy for Seal Salamanders (Desmognathus monticola). Systematic Biology 72(1): 179–197. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac065 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Dusky Salamanders