Flag for Taxon: Northern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| johngsalamander | Northern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) |
Taxon has been split |
Jul. 15, 2023 15:28:11 +0000 | loarie |
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Thanks! I made a deviation for now https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_framework_relationships/30568 until we get a sense of ranges. If someone could draw lines on the map below showing D fuscus sensu IUCN and label each of:
Desmognathus conanti
Desmognathus fuscus
Desmognathus anicetus
Desmognathus bairdi
Desmognathus campi
Desmognathus catahoula
Desmognathus cheaha
Desmognathus lycos
Desmognathus tilleyi
That would be a huge help
@loarie, I do not see how to upload a figure here
you can't upload a images directly, but if you post them somewhere you can embed them here. I uploaded that one above to Flickr and then linked to it here using an image tag, e.g.
what about
Desmognathus anicetus
Desmognathus cheaha
Desmognathus tilleyi
https://flic.kr/p/2oVv91c for anicetus and tilleyi.
https://flic.kr/p/2oVwGLQ for monticola and cheaha. Cheaha is yellow (monticola A/C in the legend)
Is it time to split yet?
I added the ranges here https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/132563
can someone help with the atlases so we can commit?
Please add/adjust atlases to https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/138980 and https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/138981
let me know when these are ready to go and I'll commit
Any updates?
Range polygons created from the images linked above.
I'll create the kml files and start on the atlases over the next few days
All ranges updated, atlases for the 6 new species created, some changes made on the atlases for D. fuscus and D. conanti but they need more work.
I spent some time on the atlases and committed - thanks so much @lwnrngr
New taxonomy splits fuscus and conanti into a total of 8 species
New maps would be useful for drawing the pink distribution maps as well
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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5311.4.1