AMPHIBIA (CLASS) 



LiNNE, Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 194 



CAUDATA (ORDER) 



Oppel, Ordn. Rept., 1811, p. 72 



PROTEIDA (SUBORDER) 

 Cope, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Ser. 2, Vol. 6, 1866, p. 102 



NECTURIDAE (FAMILY) 



Nectunis (genus) 



Rafinesque, Journ. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat., Vol. 88, June, 1819, p. 418 

 type: maculatus = maculosus 



Necturus maculosus maculosus (Rafinesque) 

 MUDPUPPY, WATERDOG 



Sirena maculosa Rafinesque 



Amer. Month. Mag. Crit. Rev., Vol. 4, No. 1, Nov. 1818, p. 41. 

 Necturus maculosus Rafinesque 



Ann. Nat., Lexington, No. 1, March 22, 1820, p. 4. 

 Necturus maculatus Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1889, p. 23, fig. 3. 



TYPE locality: Found in the Ohio River. 



range: Tributaries of the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River 

 system, the upper Hudson River, and Lake Champlain. Rivers 

 of North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. 



Necturus maculosus lewisi Brimley 



Necturus maculosus lewisi Brimley 



Journ. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Vol. 40, Dec. 1924, p. 167. 



type locality: Neuse River, near Raleigh, North Carolina. 

 range: Lower course of the Neuse River, North Carolina. 



