Eurycea junaluska
Sever, Dundee, and Sullivan, 1976
yoor-EE-see-uh — joo-nuh-LUS-kah
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for a Cherokee leader.
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.
junaluska — Named for Chief Junaluska, a Cherokee leader known for aiding Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1976
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Sever, David M., Harold A. Dundee, and C. D. Sullivan. A new Eurycea (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from southwestern North Carolina. Herpetologica 32:26-29
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1983
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Sever, David M. Eurycea junaluska. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (321):1-2
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1993
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Arnold, Steven J., Nancy L. Reagan, and Paul A. Verrell. Reproductive isolation and speciation in plethodontid salamanders. Herpetologica 49(2):216-228
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2010
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Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letters 13:1378-1389
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