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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  

Blanco Blind Salamander
Eurycea robusta (Longley, 1978)
yoor-EE-see-uh — roh-BUS-tah

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Texas

Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for its stout body form.
Eurycea — Rafinesque (1822) intentionally used a mythological-sounding name, but its specific Greek meaning or derivation was not disclosed. So, while modern etymologists may connect Eurycea to Eurydice or Greek roots (eurys “broad”), Rafinesque himself treated it as a classical name without a defined origin.
robusta — Latin robustus = “strong,” “stout,” referring to its relatively heavy build.

First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
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USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1978 Longley, G., Jr. Status of Typhlomolge (= Eurycea) rathbuni, the Texas blind salamander. Endangered Species Report. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Alburquerque, New Mexico. 1–10pp.
1993 Arnold, Steven J., Nancy L. Reagan, and Paul A. Verrell. Reproductive isolation and speciation in plethodontid salamanders. Herpetologica 49(2):216-228
2009 Lucas, Lauren K., Zachariah Gompert, James R. Ott, and Chris C. Nice. Geographic and genetic isolation in spring-associated Eurycea salamanders endemic to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas. Conservation Genetics 10:1309-1319
2010 Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letter 13:1378-1389

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