New Species of Plethodon 



Fig. 2. Sites of samples of P. glutinosus (hollow triangles), P. teyahalee (solid 

 circles) and P. jordani (solid squares) identified electrophoretically in southwestern 

 North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee and northern Georgia. Dotted lines outline 

 known range of P. aureolus. 



locality in New Jersey (locality 10), 32 samples are genetically very similar 

 and are referred to this species. All are from areas west, north or south of 

 the range of P. aureolus (Fig. 2) and represent large, brassy-spotted 

 animals similar in appearance to those from New Jersey, although some 

 have chins that are much lighter than those in northern populations of P. 

 glutinosus. Plethodon teyahalee was found at 44 localities, and at 28 of 

 these P. aureolus was taken in sympatry. Plethodon teyahalee occurs at 

 low and intermediate elevations east of the range of P. glutinosus (Fig. 2). 

 Since P. teyahalee may be distinguished from the other two species by its 

 color pattern in life, its distribution west of the French Broad River is 

 probably accurately indicated by the map in Highton (1970, Fig. 5). 



Two samples from populations of Unicoi Mountain P. jordani are 

 included in order to compare this species with the three other forms. These 



