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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  

Carolina Sandhills Salamander
Eurycea arenicola Stuart, Beamer, Farrington, Beane, Chek, Pusser, Som, Stephan, Sever, and Braswell, 2020

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
New Species. Delimited from E. bislineata by Stuart et al. (2020, Herpetologica 76: 423–444).

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Province/State Distribution:

First instance(s) of published English names:
Carolina Sandhills Salamander (Eurycea arenicola: Stuart, B. L., D. A. Beamer, D. A. Farrington, J. C. Beane, A. A. Chek, L. T. Pusser, H. E. Som, D. Stephan, D. M. Sever, and A. L. Braswell. 2020. A new Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata Complex) from the Sandhills of North Carolina. Herpetologica 76():423–444);

Taxon Links:

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

Selected References:
1993 Arnold, Steven J., Nancy L. Reagan, and Paul A. Verrell. Reproductive isolation and speciation in plethodontid salamanders. Herpetologica 49(2):216-228
2010 Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letters 13:1378-1389
2020 Stuart, B. L., D. A. Beamer, D. A. Farrington, J. C. Beane, A. A. Chek, L. T. Pusser, H. E. Som, D. Stephan, D. M. Sever, and A. L. Braswell. A new Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata Complex) from the Sandhills of North Carolina. Herpetologica 76:423–444

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