Eurycea paludicola
(Mittleman, 1947)
SSAR 9th Edition 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.
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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.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1947
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Mittleman, M. Budd. American caudata. I. Geographic variation in Manculus quadridigitatus. Herpetologica 3(6):209-224
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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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2017
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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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