New Salamander Co-Discovered by UA Researcher in Backdrop of Threat
September 08, 2010
September 08, 2010
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Sept. 8 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news release:
Like many amphibians, salamanders are declining at an alarming rate around the planet, but scientists have discovered a new kind of salamander scurrying about in central sections of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The newly minted Northern Pigmy Salamander, whose scientific name is Desmognathus organi, was officially declared a new species by the Center for North American Herpetology . . .
Like many amphibians, salamanders are declining at an alarming rate around the planet, but scientists have discovered a new kind of salamander scurrying about in central sections of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The newly minted Northern Pigmy Salamander, whose scientific name is Desmognathus organi, was officially declared a new species by the Center for North American Herpetology . . .