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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  

Western Dwarf Salamander
Eurycea paludicola (Mittleman, 1947)

Current SSAR Comments:
Elevated from the synonymy of E. quadridigitata by Wray et al. (2017, Herpetological Monographs 31: 18–46) based on phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear data from population-level sampling across the range of the nominal taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Dwarf Four-toed Salamander (Manculus quadridigitatus: 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:
1947 Mittleman, M. Budd. American caudata. I. Geographic variation in Manculus quadridigitatus. Herpetologica 3(6):209-224
2017 Wray, K. P., D. B. Means, and S. J. Steppan. 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

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