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FIGURE 5 in Systematics of the Ocoee Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus ocoee), with description of two new species from the southern Blue Ridge Mountains

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2029 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20052 rpyron@colubroid.org; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2524-1794 & Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
  • 2. Department of Natural Science, Nash Community College, 522 N. Old Carriage Road, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 dabeamer973@nashcc.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0796-274X & Amphibian Foundation, 4055 Roswell Rd NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30342

Description

FIGURE 5. Holotype (USNM 596065/RAP0892) of Desmognathus adatsihi from Cataloochee Balsam, Great Smoky Mountains (NC: Swain) in life, photo courtesy of T.W. Pierson (KSU). This solidly striped morph is most commonly representative of Smokies populations and is distinguishable from D. imitator by the straight and well-defined borders of the uniformly colored dorsal stripe.

Notes

Published as part of Pyron, R. Alexander & Beamer, David A., 2022, Systematics of the Ocoee Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus ocoee), with description of two new species from the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, pp. 207-240 in Zootaxa 5190 (2) on page 215, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7120201

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