Specimen ID | 2 |
Group | Amphibians-Salamanders |
Genus | Necturus |
Species | maculosus |
Common Name | Mudpuppy |
State | ME |
County | Kennebec |
Locality | Belgrade Lakes in the town of Belgrade |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Lower Kennebec River |
HUC8 Number | 01030003 |
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Collection Year | 1992 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | escaped captivity |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 337 |
Author: | Foye, R.E. |
Date: | 1961 |
Title: | The mud puppy. |
Journal: | Maine Fish and Game |
Volume: | 1961 |
Issue: | spring |
Pages: | 23 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 14426 |
Author: | Collins, S. |
Date: | 2003 |
Title: | The great mudpuppy escape (sort of). |
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Comments | Several dozen small specimens escaped into a tributary to Great Pond in 1939, while they were being held at Colby College by biology staff. |
Record Type | Literature |
Disposal | released |
Verifier | Robert E. Foye, Fishery Biologist |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | many |
Year Class | all |
Size | less than 330 mm |