Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque) - Mudpuppy

Since publication of Atlas of Amphibians in Tennessee (Redmond, W. H. and A. F. Scott. 1996. The Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. 94 pp.), several applicable taxonomic and nomenclatural changes and numerous reports of new county records have appeared in the literature. Comments, accompanied by cited references, on the taxonomic and nomenclatural changes plus bibliographical information on new county records as they pertain to N. maculosus follow:

The common name currently listed by Crother (2000) for N. maculosus is Mudpuppies, not Mudpuppy.

Crother, B. I.. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North American north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. SSAR Herpetol. Circ. 29.

No new Tennessee county records for N. maculosus have appeared in the literature since Atlas of Amphibians in Tennessee was published in 1996.