Eurycea paludicola

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 paludicola

Name

• Eurycea paludicola (Mittleman, 1947)

Holotype: USNM 123979, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Louisiana, Grant Parish, Pollock”, United States.

Combinations

• Manculus quadridigitatus paludicolus Mittleman, 1947: 220 [original combination]
• Eurycea paludicola — Wray, Means & Steppan, 2017: 36 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Manculus quadridigitatus uvidus Mittleman, 1947: 221 [synonymized by Wray, Means & Steppan (2017: 36)]

Holotype: USNM 123980 (formerly SM 2338), adult ♂.

Type locality: “Gayle, Caddo Parish, Louisiana”, United States.

References

Primary references

• Mittleman, M.B. 1947. American Caudata 1: Geographic variation in Manculus quadridigitatus. Herpetologica 3(6): 209–224. JSTOR
• 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: Western Dwarf Salamander