Range extension of the salamander Plethodon vandykei idahoensis

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Dumas, Philip C.

Source:

Copeia, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH), Volume 1957, Issue 2, p.147-148 (1957)

Call Number:

A57DUM02IDUS

Keywords:

Coeur d'Alene salamander, Plethodon idahoensis, Plethodon vandykei idahoensis, Van Dyke's salamander

Abstract:

The Idaho subspecies of Van Dyke's Salamander has been known from only two small rock outcrops on the south shore of Wolf Lodge Bay on Coeur d'Alene Lake, Kootenai County, Idaho. A more widespread distribution in Idaho is indicated by the following recent collections. On May 15, 1955 two females and two immatures were collected under moist moss on a stabilized talus slope on the south shore of Beauty Bay on Coeur d'Alene Lake. One adult female and two immature specimens were collected October 17, 1955 under surface rocks at the mouth of an abandoned mine tunnel in Fourth of July Canyon approximately nine miles northwest of Cataldo, Kootenai County, Idaho. One adult female was collected October 17, 1955 under a small rock in a seepage in a fresh road cut on U. S. Highway 95 Alternate, five and one half miles southwest of Emida, Benewah County, Idaho. On April 15, 1956 a single immature salamander was collected under wet moss in a small seepage on the south shore of Chatcolet Lake, one and one half miles south of Chatcolet, Benewah County, Idaho. These records extend the known range of Plethodon vandykei idahoensis approximately ten miles to the east and 40 miles to the south.