Desmognathus organi Crespi, Browne, and Rissler, 2010
Desmognathus organi Crespi, Browne, and Rissler, 2010, Herpetologica, 66: 291. Holotype: MVZ 16183, by original designation. Type locality: " a north-facing slope of Whitetop Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia; 36° 38.342′ N, 81° 36.549′ W; elevation 1672 m ".
English Names
Northern Pygmy Salamander (original publication; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 26).
Distribution
Higher elevations (generally above 1100 m) north of the French Broad River valley northward to Whitetop Mountain and Mount Rogers, Virginia, including the Black Mountains, Yancey County, North Carolina; Grandfather Mountain, Avery County, North Carolina; Roan Mountain, Carter County, Tennessee; and Whitetop Mountain and Mount Rogers, Smyth/Grayson Counties, Virginia, USA.
Comment
Confused with, and the sister taxon of Desmognathus wrighti, according to the original publication.
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