68 Nelson G. Hairston, Sr. 



spots, reduced lateral spotting, and often with small red spots on the 

 legs. The unique combination of genetic alleles that distinguishes P. 

 teyahalee from other species of the P. glutinosus group is Pgi allele 

 c and Trf allele a are characteristic of P. teyahalee populations but 

 are usually rare or absent in the other species." (Highton 1989:54) 

 ("teyahalee" used because of the direct quotation). 



"Distribution: West of the French Broad River in the Blue 

 Ridge physiographic province of southwestern North Carolina 

 and in immediately adjacent Tennessee. It also occurs in 

 northern Rabun County, Georgia, and in Oconee, Pickens, 

 Anderson, and Abbeville counties, South Carolina." (Highton 

 1989:54). 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS— I thank Richard Highton for a friendly 

 discussion of the issues involved and for suggesting the locality 

 from which the types of P. oconaluftee were collected. Three anony- 

 mous reviewers made constructive suggestions. 



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