Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1850
Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1850 "1849", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 1: 293. Syntypes: USNM 3839 (3 specimens) according to Dunn, 1926, Salamanders Fam. Plethodontidae: 291, and Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 23 (although only two specimens noted in original description—R. Highton, personal comm.). Type locality: "South Mountain, near Carlisle, [Cumberland County,] Pennsylvania", USA. Type locality discussed and restricted to "Caledonia State Park, Franklin County", Pennsylvania, USA, by McCoy, 1992, J. Pennsylvania Acad. Sci., 66: 92-93.
Spelerpes montana — Gray, 1850, Cat. Spec. Amph. Coll. Brit. Mus., Batr. Grad.: 46.
Pseudotriton flavissimus Hallowell, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8: 130. Holotype: ANSP 576 according to Fowler and Dunn, 1917, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 69: 19; Malnate, 1971, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 123: 347. Type locality: "with the preceeding [species from Liberty County], Georgia", USA. Synonymy by Löding, 1922, Mus. Pap. Alabama Mus. Nat. Hist., 5: 14.
Spelerpes (=P.[seudotriton]) r.[uber] montanus — Cope, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 21: 108.
Spelerpes (= P.[seudotriton]) r.[uber] sticticeps Baird In Cope, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 21: 108. Nomen nudum.
Spelerpes flavissimus — Strauch, 1870, Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, Ser. 7, 16 (4): 83.
Spelerpes ruber var. montanus — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 63.
Geotriton rubra montanus — Garman, 1884, Bull. Essex Inst., 16: 39.
Geotriton rubra sticticeps — Garman, 1884, Bull. Essex Inst., 16: 39. Nomen nudum.
Spelerpes ruber sticticeps Baird In Cope, 1889, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 34: 178. Syntypes: USNM 11475 (2 specimens) according to Dunn, 1926, Salamanders Fam. Plethodontidae: 291, and Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 26. Type locality: "South Carolina"; corrected to "Georgia: No locality" by Dunn, 1926, Salamanders Fam. Plethodontidae: 291; restricted to Rabun County, Georgia, USA by Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 48. This restriction disputed by Neill, 1957, Copeia, 1957: 141, who restricted the type locality to "Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia", USA. Synonymy by Dunn, 1926, Salamanders Fam. Plethodontidae: 287.
Spelerpes ruber flavissimus — Cope, 1889, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 34: 176.
Spelerpes montanus — Brimley, 1917, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 30: 87.
Eurycea montana — Stejneger and Barbour, 1917, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept.: 19.
Eurycea montana flavissima — Löding, 1922, Mus. Pap. Alabama Mus. Nat. Hist., 5: 14.
Pseudotriton montanus montanus — Stejneger and Barbour, 1923, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 2: 14.
Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus — Stejneger and Barbour, 1923, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 2: 14. Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 48.
Pseudotriton montanus floridanus Netting and Goin, 1942, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 29: 175. Holotype: CM 16850, by original designation. Type locality: "a seepage area along 'C' Creek, on the University of Florida campus, in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida", USA.
Pseudotriton flavissimus flavissimus — Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 378.
Pseudotriton flavissimus floridanus — Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 381.
Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus — Neill, 1948, Copeia, 1948: 136.
Pseudotriton montanus floridanus — Neill, 1948, Copeia, 1948: 136.
Pseudotriton montanus — Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 47.
English Names
Mountain Triton (Pseudotriton montanus: Yarrow, 1882, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 24: 22).
Mud Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 47; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 175; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 8; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 22; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 31),
Eastern Mud Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus: Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 9; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 15).
Gulf Coast Red Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus: Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 378).
Gulf Coast Mud Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 48; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 175; Conant, 1975, Field Guide Rept. Amph. E. Cent. N. Am., Ed. 2: 286; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 8; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 9; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 29; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 22; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 15; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 31).
Florida Red Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus: Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 381).
Southeastern Dotted Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus: Carr, 1940, Univ. Florida Biol. Sci. Ser., 3: 49).
Florida Mud Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus floridanus: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 48).
Rusty Mud Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus floridanus: Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 175; Conant, 1975, Field Guide Rept. Amph. E. Cent. N. Am., Ed. 2: 286; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 9; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 9; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 29; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 22; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 15; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 31).
Baird's Red Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus montanus: Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 383).
Eastern Mud Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus montanus: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 48; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 175; Conant, 1975, Field Guide Rept. Amph. E. Cent. N. Am., Ed. 2: 285; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 9; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 9; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 29; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 22; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 15; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 31).
Baird's Triton (Pseudotriton montanus sticticeps [no longer recognized]: Yarrow, 1882, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 24: 22).
Distribution
East of the Appalachian divide from southern New Jersey and Maryland through eastern Virginia to southern and northwest-central Alabama and extreme eastern Louisiana; isolated populations in Mississippi and southern Pennsylvania, USA.
Comment
Reviewed by Martof, 1975, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 166: 1-2 (as including Pseudotriton diastictus). Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 174-175, provided brief accounts by subspecies, photographs, and map (including Pseudotriton diastictus as a race, but mentioning that it surely is a distinct species). Cunningham, Smith, and Apodaca, 2009, Herpetol. Rev., 40: 360, provided a range extension to northwest-central Alabama and commented on the range.
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