Necturus mounti Guyer, Murray, Bart, Crother, Chabarria, Bailey, and Dunn, 2020

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Proteidae > Genus: Necturus > Species: Necturus mounti

Necturus mounti Guyer, Murray, Bart, Crother, Chabarria, Bailey, and Dunn, 2020, J. Nat. Hist., London, 54: 33. Holotype:. AUM 40698, by original designation. Type locality: "Camp Creek where it crosses Conecuh National Forest Road 332 (31.16427–86.53378; WGS84), Covington County, AL[abama]", USA. Zoobank publication registration: 0DD85770-2BCC-4E1F-8D6F-9A40CB8689F5

English Names

Escambia Waterdog (original publication). 

Distribution

Blackwater, Escambia (Conecuh in Alabama), Perdido, and Yellow River drainages of southern Alabama and the western Panhandle of Florida, USA. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: United States of America, United States of America - Alabama, United States of America - Florida

Endemic: United States of America

Comment

First delimited (as Necturus cf. punctatus Escambia clade) by Chabarria, Murray, Moler, Bart, Crother, and Guyer, 2018, J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., 56: 352–363. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 485, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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