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 applicable taxonomic and nomenclatural changes and numerous reports of new county records have appeared in the literature. Comments, accompanied by cited references, on the taxonomic and nomenclatural changes plus bibliographical information on new county records as they pertain to D. quadramaculatus follow:

To achieve uniformity, Crother (2000, Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North American north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. SSAR Herpetol. Circ. 29) altered the vernacular name of this species from Blackbelly Salamander to Black-bellied Salamander.

No new Tennessee county records for D. quadramaculatus have appeared in the literature since Atlas of Amphibians in Tennessee was published in 1996.