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Desmognathus cheaha Pyron, O'Connell, Duncan, Burbrink, and Beamer, 2023
Desmognathus cheaha Pyron, O'Connell, Duncan, Burbrink, and Beamer, 2023, Syst. Biol., 72: 190. Holotype: USNM 596012, by original designation. Type locality: "Hillabee Creek, Mt. Cheaha, Cleburne Co., Alabama (33.489, -85.792; 362m ASL; . . .)".
Common Names
Talladega Seal Salamander (original publication).
Distribution
Two distinct population segments; the first in the Ridge and Valley, Talladega Uplands, and associated Piedmont of western Georgia and east central Alabama with an elevational range of ca.. 123 to 371 m; and the second a disjunct Southeastern Plains population in the Red Hills of Alabama, ca. 31 to 95 m elevation. Isolated populations occur on the Fall Line in south-centralAlabama (Autauga County) and in the extreme northwestern panhandle of Florida (Escambia County); this latter population may be extirpated (according to the original publication).
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: United States of America, United States of America - Alabama, United States of America - Florida, United States of America - Georgia
Endemic: United States of America
Comment
Formerly confused with Desmognathus monticola according to the original publication.
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