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Amphibia    Caudata    Proteidae  
Escambia Waterdog
Necturus mounti Guyer, Murray, Bart, Crother, Chabarria, Bailey, and Dunn, 2020
NEK-tur-us — MOUNT-eye
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SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 New Species. Delimited from N. punctatus by Guyer et al. (2020, Journal of Natural History 54: 15–51). (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.)

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Occurrences:; 48 Total; 7 Museum; 41 Other

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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Alabama Florida

Taxonomic Etymology:
Named in honor of a biologist who worked on the species.
Necturus — From Greek nekton and oura, meaning “swimming tail,” describing its aquatic locomotion.
mounti — A patronym honoring Robert H. Mount (1928–2017), a respected herpetologist and author of The Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama, who contributed significantly to the study of the southeastern U.S. herpetofauna.

First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.


Selected References:
1958 Hecht, Max K. A synopsis of the mudpuppies of Eastern North America. Proceedings of the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences 21(1):1-37
1985 Sessions, Stanley K. and John E. Wiley. Chromosome evolution in salamanders of the genus Necturus. Brimleyana (10):37-52
1988 Maxson, Linda R., Paul E. Moler, B. W. Mansell, and L. R. Maxson. Albumin Evolution in Salamanders of the Genus Necturus. Journal of Herpetology 22(2):231-235
2020 Guyer, Craig, C. M. Murray, H. L. Bart, Jr., Brian I. Crother, R. E. Chabarria, M. A. Bailey, and K. Dunn. Colour and size reveal hidden diversity of Necturus (Caudata: Proteidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States. Journal of Natural History 54(1-4):15–51

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