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Desmognathus pascagoula Pyron, O'Connell, Lamb, and Beamer, 2022
Desmognathus pascagoula Pyron, O'Connell, Lamb, and Beamer, 2022, Zootaxa, 5133: 66. Holotype: USNM 596040, by original designation. Type locality: "a small seep feeding into Ward Bayou at Ward Bayou WMA, Jackson Co., Mississippi (30.56, -88.62; 3m ASL)". http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9EEE49B5-5B83-41F0-A2A6-32FF1D1EE2C4
English Names
Pascagoula Dusky Salamander (original publication).
Distribution
Seeps or pools of leafy muck in the floodplains or swampy lowlands adjacent to larger creeks or rivers in southeastern Mississippi (Jackson, Green, and Perry counties) and southwestern Alabama (Baldwin and Mobile counties).
Comment
Previously confused with Desmognathus valentinei according to the original publication, where habitat, comparative morphology, and molecular systematics were detailed.
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