Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15

Biographical Summary of Report Writer

Tricia Markle obtained her Master’s degree in biology at McGill University in 2006. Her thesis was an examination of phylogeography and range limitations of two species of stream salamanders (Eurycea bislineata and Desmognathus fuscus) in Quebec and Labrador. Before coming to Montreal she was an active member of the Victoria Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology. She is currently a member of the Northern Dusky Salamander/Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander Recovery Team for Ontario, and has written several reports for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on the Ontario population of the Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander.


Collections Examined

Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, ON, voucher reference CMN # 31985 (Desmognathus fuscus)

Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, voucher reference ROM # 19813 (Desmognathus ochrophaeus)

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