Aneides iecanus (Cope, 1883)
Plethodon iëcanus Cope, 1883, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 35: 24. Holotype: ANSP 14061, according to Fowler and Dunn, 1917, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 69: 23; Malnate, 1971, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 123: 348. Type locality: "United States fish-hatching establishment on the McCloud River, in Shasta County", California, USA; rendered as "Baird", McCloud River, Shasta County, California, USA by Dunn, 1926, Salamanders Fam. Plethodontidae: 223.
Anaides iëcanus — Cope, 1886, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 23: 526.
Autodax iecanus — Cope, 1889, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 34: 187.
Aneides iecanus — Grinnell and Camp, 1917, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 17: 135. Rissler and Apodaca, 2007, Syst. Biol., 56: 938; by implication.
English Names
Shasta Salamander (As Aneides flavipunctatus: Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 336. As Aneides flavipunctatus flavipunctatus: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 50).
Distribution
Extreme eastern Trinity county and western Shasta County, northern California, USA.
Comment
See comment under Aneides flavipunctatus. Removed from the synonymy of Aneides flavipunctatus by Rissler and Apodaca, 2007, Syst. Biol., 56: 938 (by implication), where it had been placed by Storer, 1925, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 27: 119; Dunn, 1926, Salamanders Fam. Plethodontidae: 220; Slevin, 1928, Occas. Pap. California Acad. Sci., 16: 66; Myers and Maslin, 1948, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 61: 127-138.
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