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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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