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Amphibia
Caudata
Plethodontidae
Valdina Farms Salamander
Eurycea troglodytes
Baker, 1957
Current SSAR Comments:
In reference to divergent populations of this species, Devitt et al. (2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116: 2624–2633) states "we recognize three species, two of them new." These species remain undescribed.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.20.59.18)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1957
Baker, James Kenneth.
Eurycea troglodytes
: A new blind cave salamander from Texas. Texas Journal of Science 9(3):328-336
2019
Devitt, Thomas J., April M. Wright, David C. Cannatella, and David M. Hillis. Species delimitation in endangered groundwater salamanders: Implications for aquifer management and biodiversity conservation. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 116(7):2624–2633
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