Leurognathus marmoratus Moore - Shovelnose 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 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 L. marmoratus follow:

Accepting the recommendation of Titus and Larson (1996), Crother (200) listed the binomial of this species as Desmognathus marmoratus and, to achieve uniformity, altered the vernacular name from Shovelnose Salamander to Shovel-nosed Salamander.

Crother, B. I.. 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.

Titus, T. A. and A. Larson. 1996. Molecular phylogenetics of desmognathine salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae): a reevaluation of evolution in ecology, life history, and morphology. Syst. Biol. 45:451-472.

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