Eurycea hillisi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Eurycea
Species: Eurycea hillisi

Name

Eurycea hillisi Wray, Means & Steppan, 2017: 38

Holotype: UF 178829, adult indet.

Type locality: “from under small sphagnum mat on slope above floodplain amidst thin layer of hardwood leaf litter on sandy soil, northwest side of intersection of Chipola River and State Road 20, Calhoun County, Florida, 30.433486ºN, 85.171278ºW.”

References

Primary references

Wray, K.P., Means, D.B. & Steppan, S.J. 2017. 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. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00011 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Hillis’s Dwarf Salamander