Sacramento Mountains Salamander
Aneides hardii
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- A. hardii – Ortero Co, NM – photo from iNaturalist, Kevin Hutcheson
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Aneides hardii occurs in isolated populations in south-central New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: Aneides hardii is protected in the State of New Mexico.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aneides hardii (Taylor, 1941)
Genus: Aneides, Greek – an = lacking + eidos = form or shape — Jaeger – Greek – aneidos, = “shapeless” – Baird spelled it “Anaides.”
Species: hardii, honors D. Elmo Hardy
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962