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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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