Desmognathus intermedius

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 intermedius (Pope, 1928)

Holotype: AMNH 25557, ♂, collected by C.H. Pope on 17 July 1927.
Type locality: “Davis Gap, Waynesville, North Carolina” emmended to “Davis Farm, about 2 miles east and a little north of Waynesville, (Haywood County) on Highway No. 276” by Bishop (1943: 224).

Leurognathus marmorata melania Martof, 1956: 6
- Holotype: UMMZ 111564, adult ♂, collected by the Bernard Martof family on 4 September 1954.
- Type locality: “Otter Creek, tributary of the Nantahala River, 0.5 of a mile west of Tellico Gap, Macon County, North Carolina; 3,600 feet elevation”.

Pope, C.H. 1928. Some plethodontid salamanders from North Carolina and Kentucky with the description of a new race of Leurognathus. American Museum Novitates 306: 1–19. hdl: 2246/3773 Reference page.
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: Central Shovel-nosed Dusky Salamander