Plethodon neomexicanus Stebbins and Riemer, 1950
Plethodon neomexicanus Stebbins and Riemer, 1950, Copeia, 1950: 73. Holotype: MVZ 49033, by original designation. Type locality: "12 miles west and 4 miles south of Los Alamos, 8,750 feet altitude +/-, Sandoval County, New Mexico", USA.
Plethodon (Hightonia) neomexicanus — Vieites, Román, Wake, and Wake, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 59: 632.
English Names
Jemez Mountains Salamander (Stebbins, 1951, Amph. W. North Am.: 76; Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 40; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 175; Stebbins, 1966, Field Guide W. North Am. Rept. Amph.: 42; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 8; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 33; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 8; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 27; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 21; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 14; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 30).
Distribution
Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, Sandoval, Los Alamos, and Rio Arriba counties, USA, 2130-3435 m elevation.
Comment
In the Plethodon neomexicanus group of Highton and Larson, 1979, Syst. Zool., 28: 579-599. Reviewed by Williams, 1973, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 131: 1-2. Stebbins, 2003, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 3: 173, provided a brief account, figure, and map. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 640.
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