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Georgia specimen, an ovigerous female, measured 30.5 mm TCL (26.7 

 mm PCL), and his largest form I male was 27.6 mm TCL (24.1 mm 

 PCL). 



Cambarus (Jugicambarus) carolinus (Erichson) 

 Although Hobbs and Bouchard (1973:42), Bouchard (1976:594), 

 and Hobbs (1989:21) included southwestern North Carolina, south 

 and west of the French Broad River, within the range of this species, 

 no one has yet reported precise locality or natural history data for 

 this primary burrower in North Carolina. Faxon (1890:624) reported a 

 form I male of his Cambarus dubius, collected by James Mooney 

 from " 'Among the Cherokees,' Indian Territory," and said, "According 

 to the label accompanying the specimen it is called Tsisgdgili (red 

 crayfish) by the Cherokee Indians." The same author later (Faxon 

 1914:396) included this specimen (USNM 14314) under C. carolinus, 

 said "I am advised by Mr. Mooney that it was in reality obtained 

 in Swain Co. or in Jackson Co., N. C, " and added (Faxon 1914:397) 

 that "The living color . . . was red . . . ." Ortmann (1931:147) reported 

 Faxon's specimen under "Cambarus (Cambarus) carolinus ," and 

 inexplicably indicated that it was from "Cherokee Co.; North Carolina." 

 He added, "I have seen, at Murphy, Cherokee Co., crawfish-chimneys, 

 and tried unsuccessfully to dig out specimens .... The owner of the 

 place told me, that these were red crawfish, and thus probably this 

 species." Ortmann (1931:147) also recorded the species from "Swampy 

 ground near springs, Marion, McDowell Co. . . . Swamp, Ashville 

 [sic], Buncombe Co., . . .," and "Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., . . . ." 

 These three localities are outside the range of C. carolinus as 

 currently understood, but the last two are within the known range of 

 C. dubius (sensu lato). The McDowell County locality is in the western 

 Piedmont Plateau, in the headwaters of the Catawba River basin, 

 beyond the known ranges of both C. carolinus and C. dubius. Brimley 

 (1938) recorded C. carolinus at "Judson," and Hobbs and Bouchard 

 (1973:21) called for confirmation of this record. This would have 

 been a reasonable place to find C. carolinus, since Judson was a 

 community on the Little Tennessee River in southwestern Swain 

 County, but it is now beneath the waters of Fontana Lake (Powell 

 1968:259). The reference by Harris (1903:142) to "C. carolinus" in 

 the Tar-Pamlico River basin was clearly in error. 



We made the following collections of specimens referred to 

 this species at the indicated localities, all within the basin of the 

 Little Tennessee River: Clay Co. — (1) boggy spring seep in Riley 

 Cove, off unnumbered dirt road reached from US 64, 3.3 rd mi (5.3 rd 



