Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Necturus alabamensis Viosca, 1937, Copeia, 1937: 121. Holotype: USNM 102676, by original designation. Type locality: "Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa, [Tuscaloosa County,] Alabama", USA.

Necturus lödingi Viosca, 1937, Copeia, 1937: 126. Holotype: USNM 61752, by original designation. Type locality: "Enslava Creek, near Mobile, [Mobile County,] Alabama", USA. Given as "Eslava Creek near Mobile" by Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 35. Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 17, considered the data associated with the holotype to be "Mertz Station, Eslava Creek,near Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama", USA. Misspelled as "Enslava Creek" by Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 14. Synonymy by Gunter and Brode, 1964, Herpetologica, 20: 122-123.

Necturus lödingi — Smith, 1938, Zool. Rec., 74: 32. Bart, Bailey, Ashton, and Moler, 1997, J. Herpetol., 31: 192-201.

Necturus punctatus lodingi — Chermock, 1952, Mus. Pap. Alabama Mus. Nat. Hist., 33: 23. Neill, 1954, Publ. Res. Div. Ross Allen’s Rept. Inst., 1: 75-97; Hecht, 1958, Proc. Staten Island Inst. Arts Sci., 21: 14; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34. Justified emendation of the species name.

Necturus beyeri alabamensis — Hecht, 1958, Proc. Staten Island Inst. Arts Sci., 21: 17.

Necturus alabamensis — Neill, 1963, Herpetologica, 19: 166.

Necturus punctatus alabamensis — Brode, 1970, Dissert. Abstr. Internatl., Ser. B, 30: 5288.

English Names

Alabama Waterdog (Necturus alabamensis: Conant, 1958, Field Guide Rept. Amph. E. Cent. N. Am.: 200; Conant, 1975, Field Guide Rept. Amph. E. Cent. N. Am., Ed. 2: 244; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 7; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 7).

Black Warrior Waterdog (Necturus alabamensis: Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 24; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 19; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 15).

Black Warrior River Waterdog (Necturus alabamensis: Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 28).

Loeding's Mudpuppy (Necturus lodingi [no longer recognized]: Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 35).

Mobile Waterdog (Necturus lodingi [no longer recognized]: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 13; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 174).

Mobile Dwarf Waterdog (Necturus lodingi [no longer recognized]: Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 8).

Distribution

Restricted to the Upper Black Warrior River drainage, Alabama (see comment).

Comment

Brode, 1970, Dissert. Abstr. Internatl., Ser. B, 30: 5288-5289, suggested that Necturus alabamensis (as Necturus punctatus alabamensis), Necturus beyeri (as Necturus punctatus beyeri), and Necturus punctatus (as Necturus punctatus punctatus) form a series of intergrading population. Species status supported by Guttman, Weigt, Moler, Ashton, Mansell, and Peavy, 1990, J. Herpetol., 24: 163-175 (who also suggested that Necturus alabamensis might be a composite of two species). Bart, Bailey, Ashton, and Moler, 1997, J. Herpetol., 31: 192-201, discussed taxonomic issues, problems, and delimited the ranges of Necturus beyeri and Necturus alabamensis. The status of Necturus lodingi deserves additionally scrutiny. Originally named as a species, it was treated by several authors (e.g., Chermock, 1952, Mus. Pap. Alabama Mus. Nat. Hist., 33: 23; Neill, 1954, Publ. Res. Div. Ross Allen’s Rept. Inst., 1: 75-97; Hecht, 1958, Proc. Staten Island Inst. Arts Sci., 21: 14) as conspecific with Necturus punctatus, although Gunter and Brode, 1964, Herpetologica, 20: 122-123, placed Necturus lodingi in the synonymy of Necturus alabamensis. Bailey and Moler, 2003, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 761: 1-2, reveiwed the species. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 598.

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