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) 

 Nectiurus (GENUS) 



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

 T YPE : maculatus = maculosus 



NectuTus 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. 



Necturus punctatus (Gibbes) 

 Menobranchus punctatus Gibbes 



Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., Charleston, 1850, p. 159. 

 Necturus punctatus Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1889, p. 27, fig. 4. 



TYPE locality: Dr. Schoolbred's plantation on the South 

 Santee River, a few miles from its mouth. South Carolina. 



range : Fresh waters of North and South Carolina, especially 

 rice field ditches. 



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