New County Records and Other Data Since 1996

Desmognathus monticola Dunn - Seal Salamander

Since publication of Atlas of Amphibians in Tennessee (Redmond, W. H. and A. F. Scott. 1996. The Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. 94 pp.), several reports of new county records have appeared in the literature. Bibliographical information for those pertaining to D. monticola is listed below by counties, which are arranged alphabetically:


Updated Distribution Map
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Update to Desmognathus monticola

Literature Containing New County Records

Hamilton and Van Buren counties

Wyckoff, G. R. and M. L. Niemiller. 2011. Seal Salamander. Pp. 125-127 In M. L. Niemiller and R. G. Reynolds (eds.), The amphibians of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. 369 pp.

Marion County 

Manis, C., T. Gaudin, R. Minton, and T. P. Wilson.  2005.  Geographic distribution.  Desmognathus monticola.  Herpetol. Rev. 36:461.