Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea wilderae
Dunn, 1920
yoor-EE-see-uh — WIL-der-eye
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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Taxonomic Etymology:
Named in honor of a biologist.
Eurycea — Rafinesque (1822) intentionally used a mythological-sounding name, but its specific Greek meaning or derivation was not disclosed. So, while modern etymologists may connect Eurycea to Eurydice or Greek roots (eurys “broad”), Rafinesque himself treated it as a classical name without a defined origin.
wilderae — Patronym honoring Inez L. Whipple Wilder (1871-1929) a prominent zoologist, comparative anatomist, and pioneering herpetologist; feminine genitive form.
First instance(s) of published English names:
Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata wilderae: 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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1920
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Dunn, Emmett R. Some reptiles and amphibians from Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 33:129–138
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1965
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Rossman, Douglas A. The blue ridge two-lined salamander, Eurycea bislineata wilderae, in Alabama. Herpetologica 20(4):287-288
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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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1999
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Sever, David M. Eurycea wilderae Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (685):1-4
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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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