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Desmognathus balsameus Pyron and Beamer, 2022
Desmognathus balsameus Pyron and Beamer, 2022, Zootaxa, 5190: 225. Holotype: AMNH A-193885, by original designation. Type locality: "Bubbling Spring Branch near Mount Hardy Gap (NC: Haywood; 35.308, -82.908, ~1530m ASL)", Haywood County, North Carolina, USA. Zoobank publication registration: F5B7642B-1EB8-41BB-BA51-BB5919EFA907
Common Names
Great Balsams Mountain Dusky Salamander (original publication).
Distribution
Great Balsam Mountains of western North Carolina, USA, at elevations above ca. 1000 m, primarily in Haywood, Jackson, and Transylvania counties, but possibly extending into western Buncombe and Henderson Counties.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: United States of America, United States of America - North Carolina
Endemic: United States of America, United States of America - North Carolina
Comment
Corresponds to the Desmognathus ocoee B lineage as delimited by Kozak, Larson, Bonett, and Harmon, 2005, Evolution, 59: 2000–2016, Beamer and Lamb, 2020, Zootaxa, 4734: 1–61, Pyron, O'Connell, Lemmon, Lemmon, and Beamer, 2020, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 146 (106751): 1–13, and Pyron, O'Connell, Lemmon, Lemmon, and Beamer, 2022, Ecol. Evol., 12 (2: e8574): 1–38, according to the original publication where mtDNA, nuDNA, and morphological evidence were discussed.
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