New County Records and Other Data Since 1996

Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck and Schlegel in Von Siebold) - Four-Toed 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. Following are an updated distribution map and bibliographical information for new county records as they pertain to H. scutatum:

Updated Distribution Map
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Literature Containing New County Records

Schacher, W. H., and T. H. Henry. 2001. New county records for amphibians from Bledsoe County, Tennessee. Herpetol. Rev. 32:197-198.

Campbell County

Copeland, J. E., R. S. Caldwell, and G. L. Mears.  2003.  A search for Wehrles Salamander, Plethodon wehrlei (Fowler and Dunn), at Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area.  Unpublished report to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN.  40 pp.

Cannon County 

Corser, J. D.  2008.  The Cumberland Plateau disjunct paradox and the biogeography and conservation of pond-breeding amphibians.  American Midland Naturalist 159:498-503.

Cobb, V. A., and L. M. Cobb. 2001. Geographic distribution. Hemidactylium scutatum. Herpetol. Rev. 32:111.

Hamilton County

Corser, J. D.  2008.  The Cumberland Plateau disjunct paradox and the biogeography and conservation of pond-breeding amphibians.  American Midland Naturalist 159:498-503.

Hardeman County 

Harden, C.  2008.  Geographic distribution.  Hemidactylium scutatum.  Herpetol. Rev. 39:361.

Hawkins and Polk counties

Pasachnik, S. A., and M. L. Niemiller. 2011. Four-Toed Salamander. Pp. 181-183 In M. L. Niemiller and R. G. Reynolds (eds.), The amphibians of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. 369 pp.

Ives, Jr., T., S. Fletcher, and B. Brinkman. 2001. Geographic distribution. Hemidactylium scutatum. Herpetol. Rev. 32:268.

Humphreys County

Hodges, D., and K. Touchett. 2014. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylium scutatum. Herpetol. Rev. 45:274-275.

McMinn, Morgan, Sevier, and Unicoi counties

Herman, T. A.  2009.  Range-wide phylogeography of the Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum): out of Appalachia and into the glacial aftermath.  M.S. thesis, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.  57 pp. 

Pasachnik, S. A., and M. L. Niemiller. 2011. Four-Toed Salamander. Pp. 181-183 In M. L. Niemiller and R. G. Reynolds (eds.), The amphibians of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. 369 pp.

Rhea County 

Folt, B.  2013. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylium scutatum. Herpetol. Rev. 44:269.

Campbell, T. S. 2002. New records for amphibians in the Big South Fork region of Tennessee. Herpetol. Rev. 33:231.

Sullivan County

Hamed, M. K., and P. D. Gentry.  2003.  Geographic distribution.  Hemidactylium scutatum.  Herpetol. Rev. 34:160-161.