Aneides iecanus
(Cope, 1883)
AH-nee-des — eye-EE-kan-us
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Populations along the inner margins of the Coast Ranges in western Tehama and Glenn Counties may be assignable to A. iecanus, but further surveys including morphological and genetic analyses are needed (Reilly and Wake, 2019, PeerJ, 7: e7370).
(Pyron, R. Alexander, Christopher K. Beachy, David A. Beamer, and Kenneth M. Kozak. 2025. Caudata – Salamanders. Pages 10-21 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)
(, Museum Voucher)
(, Observation)
(, Literature Record),
(, Citizen Science),
( Fossil)
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Occurrences:;
65
Total;
5
Museum;
60
Other
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Province/State Distribution:
United States: California
Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for the region around Mount Shasta.
Aneides — Greek an- = “not” + eidos = “form”
iecanus — From Ieka, an old name for Mount Shasta from local Indigenous languages — Latinized as iecanus = “of Ieka.”
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1883
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Cope, Edward D. Notes on the geographical distribution of Batrachia and Reptilia in western North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 35:10-35
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1950
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Lowe, Charles H., Jr. The systematic status of the salamander Plethodon hardii, with a discussion of biogeographical problems in Aneides. Copeia 1950:92-99
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1974
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Wake, David B. Aneides.. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (157):1-2
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2010
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Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letter 13:1378-1389
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2019
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Reilly, Sean B. and David B. Wake. Taxonomic revision of black salamanders of the Aneides flavipunctatus complex (Caudata: Plethodontidae). PeerJ 7(7370):1–36.
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2026
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Glosli, Cort, Andre Giraldi, Pedro Peloso, Silvia Pavan, and Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy. Range extension and species assignment of a rediscovered population of the Black Salamander complex (genus Aneides) in California, USA, based on morphological and molecular evidence. Herpetology Notes 19:289–300
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