Thanks! My coauthors won out, and we adopted a conservative approach...for
the time being. I'm still working on it... ;)
That area also has a unique population of redback salamander, and also
supports remnant populations of blacknose dace- another species usually
restricted to above the Fall Line. There are other populations (eg. Roanoke,
Rappahannock drainages) that are even more perplexing...
Best,
Dave
Tuscaloosa, AL (but currently in Corvallis, OR)
>Second of all, a question for Dave--reading between
>the lines of the article I can see simmering evidence for at least one and
>maybe two other species based on the data presented. Is it >your feeling
>that the Nanticoke population of this new species, >isolated on the
>Delmarva peninsula, is deserving of species >recognition? It is an odd
>happenstance that a highland fish like >_Cottus_ sculpins are found way out
>on the seaward
>edge of the current coastal plain, as is the Nanticoke population.
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