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Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli, D. kanawha & D. mavrokoilius • Nomenclatural Solutions for Diagnosing ‘Cryptic’ Species using Molecular and Morphological Data facilitate A Taxonomic Revision of the Black-bellied Salamanders (Urodela: Plethodontidae: Desmognathus ‘quadramaculatus’) from the southern Appalachian Mountains

Recent nomenclatural work found that the nomen Salamandra quadramaculata Holbrook, 1840 was unavailable for this species and that no valid nomen had ever been applied at the species level. We erect three new species and resurrect one junior synonym to account for species-level geographic genetic variation in the group.  Leer más

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