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

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Plethodontinae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species: Desmognathus intermedius

Name

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).

Combinations

• Leurognathus marmorata intermedia Pope, 1928: 14 [original combination]
• Leurognathus intermedia — Pope & Hairston, 1947: 160 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• 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”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Central Shovel-nosed Dusky Salamander