Western dwarf salamander

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species:
E. paludicola
Binomial name
Eurycea paludicola
(Mittleman, 1947)

The western dwarf salamander (Eurycea paludicola) is species of salamander native to the southern United States.[2][3][1]

Taxonomy

It was described in 1947 but later synonymized with the southeastern dwarf salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata). However, a 2017 study used . In addition, genetic studies indicate that it may be more closely related to the radiation of neotenic Eurycea of the Edwards Plateau in Texas than to the rest of the E. quadridigitata complex.[4][5]

Distribution

It ranges from southern Mississippi east through Louisiana to eastern Texas.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  2. ↑ "Eurycea paludicola (Mittleman, 1947) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  3. ↑ "AmphibiaWeb - Eurycea paludicola". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  4. ↑ Wray, Kenneth P.; Means, D. Bruce; Steppan, Scott J. (2017-12-01). "Revision of the Eurycea quadridigitata (Holbrook 1842) Complex of Dwarf Salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Hemidactyliinae) with a Description of Two New Species". Herpetological Monographs. 31 (1): 18–46. doi:10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00011. ISSN 0733-1347. S2CID 90138747.
  5. ↑ Wray, Kenneth P.; Steppan, Scott J. (2017). "Ecological opportunity, historical biogeography and diversification in a major lineage of salamanders". Journal of Biogeography. 44 (4): 797–809. doi:10.1111/jbi.12931. ISSN 1365-2699. S2CID 90836988.
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