Desmognathus aureatus

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

Desmognathus aureatus (Martof, 1956)

Holotype: UMMZ 111566, adult ♂, collected by Stephen and Andrew Martof on 11 September 1954.
Type locality: “Jarrard's Creek, 0.2 of a mile below its crossing of U.S. Route 19, about 9 air miles north-northeast of Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia; 1,550 feet elevation”.

Leurognathus marmorata aureata Martof, 1956: 2 [original combination]
Leurognathus marmoratus aureatus — Conant, 1958: 228 [gender agreement]
Desmognathus aureatus — Jones, Voss, Ptacek, Weisrock & Tonkyn, 2006: 285 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Leurognathus marmorata roborata Martof, 1956: 4
- Holotype: UMMZ 111568, adult ♂, collected the Bernard Martof family on 18 September 1954.
- Type locality: “Reed Creek, along Burrell Ford Road, 0.5 of a mile from its junction with Glade School Road, about 3.5 miles northwest of Pine Mountain Community, Rabun County, Georgia; 2,350 feet elevation”.

Martof, B. 1956. Three new subspecies of Leurognathus marmorata from the southern Appalachian Mountains. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 575: 1–14. hdl: 2027.42/57013 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.

English: Southern Shove-nosed Dusky Salamander