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Amphibia
Caudata
Plethodontidae
Cave Salamander
Eurycea lucifuga
Rafinesque, 1822
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Hoosier Salamander
(
Spelerpes maculicaudus
: Hay, Oliver P.
1892
. Batrachians and Reptiles of the State of Indiana. Pages 409-624 in 17th Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, William B. Burford, Printer and Binder, Indianapolis, Indiana. pp.);
Spotted-tail Salamander
(
Spelerpes maculicaudus
: Hurter, Julius.
1911
. Herpetology of Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis 20(5):59-274);
Cave Salamander
(
Eurycea lucifuga
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1822
Rafinesque, Constantine S. On two new salamanders of Kentucky. Kentucky Gazette, New Series. Lexington. 1(9):3
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