coolkraitcalvin
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So these past few weeks I've been very confused by some publications regarding Necturus in Florida. In Ray E. Ashton Jr's book "Handbook of Reptiles and Amphibians of Florida: Part Three the Amphibians" he says that N. Alabamensis is in Florida, which obviously isn't true, since they only occur in the Upper Black Warrior River. Then, in "Salamanders of the Southeast" by J. Whitfield Gibbons, he lists that no Necturus is in Florida, but shows a picture of a beyeri from Wakulla Co. Fl. The Peterson guides even list that there are no Necturus in Florida. Is there some kind of controversial matter over this, so they just decided to leave Necturus out of Florida completely?