Flag for Taxon: Holbrook’s Southern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus auriculatus)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| graytreefrog | Holbrook’s Southern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus auriculatus) |
This species has recently been split into two species: Desmognathus auriculatus (the Southern Dusky Salamander), and Desmognathus valentinei (Valentine’s Southern Dusky Salamander). |
Nov. 20, 2019 22:06:09 +0000 | loarie |
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Here's a link to an article about the description of the new species that includes a range map: http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2017/05/desmognathus-valentinei.html
I guess the Southern Dusky Salamanders between Georgia and Virginia are also considered D. auriculatus along with the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain populations.
I hope this is helpful!
@mpmoskwik is also very knowledgeable when it comes to salamander taxonomy and may be able to help as well.
The map that @lucareptile attached is the only one I know of that delineates the two species. Also - @lucareptile is correct that all populations north of Georgia (S. and N. Carolina and Virginia) are still considered D. auriculatus.
Yes - we're currently deviating https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27396/taxonomy_details until someone can help with the split. we need to:
1) draft inactive output children
2) create a draft taxon split
3) create atlases for each of the output children
I can do 1 & 2 but not 3 since I don't know the distributions of the outputs. Can you help?