Desmognathus

Desmognathus fuscus

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

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Plethodontinae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species (39): D. abditus – D. adatsihi – D. aeneus – D. amphileucus – D. anicetus – D. apalachicolae – D. aureatus – D. auriculatus – D. bairdi – D. balsameus – D. brimleyorum – D. campi – D. carolinensis – D. catahoula – D. cheaha – D. conanti – D. folkertsi – D. fuscus – D. gvnigeusgwotli – D. imitator – D. intermedius – D. lycos – D. marmoratus – D. mavrokoilius – D. monticola – D. ochrophaeus – D. ocoee – D. orestes – D. organi – D. pascagoula – D. perlapsus – D. planiceps – D. quadramaculatus – D. santeetlah – D. tilleyi – D. valentinei – D. valtos – D. welteri – D. wrighti

Name

Desmognathus Baird, 1850: 282 [conserved name]

• Type species: Triturus fuscus Rafinesque, 1820, by the subsequent designation of Brown (1908: 126).
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names by Opinion 92 (1926: 3).

Synonyms

• Leurognathus Moore, 1899: 316
  • Type species: Leurognathus marmorata Moore, 1899, by monotypy.

• Geognathus Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2012: 145
  • Type species: Desmognathus wrighti King, 1936, by original designation.

• Hydrognathus Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2012: 145
  • Type species: Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. 1850. Revision of the North American tailed-batrachia, with descriptions of new genera and species [including: Descriptions of four new species of North American salamanders, and one new species of scink]. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Second Series 1: 281–294. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1926. Opinion 92. Sixteen generic names of Pisces, Amphibia, and Reptilia placed in the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 3–4. BHL Reference page. 
• Dubois, A. & Raffaëlli, J. 2012. A new ergotaxonomy of the order Urodela Duméril, 1805 (Amphibia, Batrachia). Alytes 28(3–4): 77–161. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Means, D.B., Lamb, J.Y. & Bernardo, J. 2017. A new species of dusky salamander (Amphibia: Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States and a redescription of D. auriculatus. Zootaxa 4263(3): 467–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.3. Reference page. 
• Beamer, D.A. & Lamb, T. 2020. Towards rectifying limitations on species delineation in dusky salamanders (Desmognathus: Plethodontidae): An ecoregion-drainage sampling grid reveals additional cryptic clades. Zootaxa 4734(1): 1–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4734.1.1 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., O’Connell, K.A., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R. & Beamer, D.A. 2020. Phylogenomic data reveal reticulation and incongruence among mitochondrial candidate species in Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106751. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106751 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. A nomenclatural and taxonomic review of the salamanders (Urodela) from Holbrook’s North American Herpetology. Zootaxa 5188(6): 151–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.1 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. Nomenclatural solutions for diagnosing ‘cryptic’ species using molecular and morphological data facilitate a taxonomic revision of the Black-bellied Salamanders (Urodela, Desmognathus ‘quadramaculatus’) from the southern Appalachian Mountains. Bionomina 27(1): 1–43. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.27.1.1 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. Allocation of Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838, with a new species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Zootaxa 5188(6): 587–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.6 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. Systematics of the Ocoee Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus ocoee), with description of two new species from the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Zootaxa 5190(2): 207–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.3 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., O’Connell, K.A., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. Candidate-species delimitation in Desmognathus salamanders reveals gene flow across lineage boundaries, confounding phylogenetic estimation and clarifying hybrid zones. Ecology and Evolution 12(2): e8574. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8574 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., Beamer, D.A., Holzheuser, C.R., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R., Wynn, A.H. & O’Connell, K.A. 2022. Contextualizing enigmatic extinctions using genomic DNA from fluid-preserved museum specimens of Desmognathus salamanders. Conservation Genetics 23: 375–386. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-021-01424-4 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., O’Connell, K.A., Lamb, J.Y. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. A new, narrowly endemic species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi and Alabama. Zootaxa 5133(1): 53–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.1.3 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. 
• 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.4.1 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., O’Connell, K.A., Duncan, S.C., Burbrink, F.T. & Beamer, D.A. 2023. Speciation Hypotheses from Phylogeographic Delimitation Yield an Integrative Taxonomy for Seal Salamanders (Desmognathus monticola). Systematic Biology 72(1): 179–197. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac065 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Dusky Salamanders