Plethodon dixi Pope & Fowler 1949

Felix, Zachary I., Wooten, Jessica A., Pierson, Todd W. & Camp, Carlos D., 2019, Re-evaluation of the Wehrle’s salamander (Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn) species group (Caudata: Plethodontidae) using genomic data, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4609 (3), pp. 429-448 : 439

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.2
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scientific name	Plethodon dixi Pope & Fowler 1949
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Plethodon dixi Pope & Fowler 1949 View in CoL

English name: Roanoke salamander, Conant et al. 1956

Plethodon wehrlei dixi, Bogert 1954 View in CoL , Conant 1958

Plethodon wehrlei View in CoL (part), Highton 1962

Plethodon dixi, Kuchta et al. 2018 View in CoL

Holotype: Chicago Natural History Museum ( CNHM) 56510

Type locality: Dixie Caverns, Roanoke County, Virginia

Remarks: This species was described as a cave-dwelling form within the P. wehrlei group ( Pope & Fowler 1949). It is sister to all other members of the group. Originally synonymized with P. wehrlei by Highton (1962), Kuchta et al. (2018) resurrected it as a species based on its genetic and phenotypic distinctiveness. Its known range is two caves in Roanoke County in the Ridge and Valley physiographic province of Virginia ( Pope and Fowler 1949, Fowler 1951), and its conservation status is unknown.