Taxonomic revision of black salamanders of the Aneides flavipunctatus complex (Caudata: Plethodontidae).

ABSTRACT: We present a taxonomic revision of the black salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus) complex of northwestern California and extreme southeastern Oregon. The revision is based on a number of published works as well as new molecular and morphological data presented herein. The subspecies Aneides flavipunctatus niger Myers & Maslin 1948 is raised in rank to a full species. It is isolated far to the south of the main range on the San Francisco Peninsula, south and west of San Francisco Bay. Another geographically isolated set of populations occurs well inland in Shasta County, northern CA, mainly in the vicinity of Shasta Lake. It is raised from synonymy and recognized as Aneides iecanus (Cope 1883). The remaining taxa occur mainly along and inland from the coast from the vici

SUBMITTER: Reilly SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6679913 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature