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The seal salamander (Desmognathus monticola) is a species of lungless salamander that is endemic to the Eastern United States.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Alabama, Appalachian Mountains, Benton County, Arkansas, Binomial nomenclature, Desmognathus, Desmognathus fuscus, Disjunctive population, Eastern United States, Emmett Reid Dunn, Endemism, Florida panhandle, Georgia (U.S. state), Greek language, Introduced species, Jaw, Kentucky, Latin, Ligament, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio River, Pennsylvania, Plethodontidae, South Carolina, Species, Spring (hydrology), Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.

  2. Amphibians described in 1916
  3. Cenozoic amphibians of North America
  4. Desmognathus
  5. Pleistocene United States
  6. Pleistocene animals of North America

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America.

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Benton County, Arkansas

Benton County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

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Binomial nomenclature

In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Desmognathus

Desmognathus is a genus of lungless salamanders in the family Plethodontidae known as dusky salamanders. Seal salamander and Desmognathus are lungless salamander stubs.

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Desmognathus fuscus

Desmognathus fuscus is a species of amphibian in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders). Seal salamander and Desmognathus fuscus are Cenozoic amphibians of North America, Desmognathus, ecology of the Appalachian Mountains, Extant Pleistocene first appearances, Fauna of the Northeastern United States, Fauna of the Southeastern United States, Pleistocene United States and Pleistocene animals of North America.

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Disjunctive population

A disjunctive population, in ecology, is a colony of plants, animals, or other organisms whose geographical locus is severed from the continuous range of the bulk of the species distribution.

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Eastern United States

The Eastern United States, often abbreviated as simply the East, is a macroregion of the United States located to the east of the Mississippi River.

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Emmett Reid Dunn

Emmett Reid Dunn (November 21, 1894 – February 13, 1956) was an American herpetologist and educator noted for his work in Panama and for studies of salamanders in the Eastern United States.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Florida panhandle

The Florida panhandle (also known as West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Introduced species

An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.

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Jaw

The jaws are a pair of opposable articulated structures at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Ligament

A ligament is the fibrous connective tissue that connects bones to other bones.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River is a river in the United States.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Plethodontidae

Plethodontidae, or lungless salamanders, are a family of salamanders.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Spring (hydrology)

A spring is a natural exit point at which groundwater emerges from the aquifer and flows onto the top of the Earth's crust (pedosphere) to become surface water.

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Tennessee

Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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See also

Amphibians described in 1916

Cenozoic amphibians of North America

Desmognathus

Pleistocene United States

Pleistocene animals of North America

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_salamander

Also known as Desmognathus monticola, Desmognathus phoca.