| a new species of dusky salamander (amphibia: plethodontidae: desmognathus) from the eastern gulf coastal plain of the united states and a redescription of d. auriculatus | the coastal plain of the southeastern u. s. is one of the planet's top biodiversity hotspots and yet many taxa have not been adequately studied. the plethodontid salamander, desmognathus auriculatus, was originally thought to occur from east texas to virginia, a range spanning dozens of interfluves and large river systems. beamer and lamb (2008) found five independent mitochondrial lineages of what has been called d. auriculatus in the atlantic coastal plain, but did not examine the extensive di ... | 2017 | 28609856 |