Chamberlain's dwarf salamander

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Chamberlain's dwarf salamander
Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander imported from iNaturalist photo 118496540 on 21 December 2021.jpg

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species:
E. chamberlaini
Binomial name
Eurycea chamberlaini
Harrison & Guttman, 2003

Chamberlain's dwarf salamander (Eurycea chamberlaini) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes.[2][3]

It is only found in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. It was previously thought to be a color morph of the southeastern dwarf salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata), but was described in 2003 as a distinct species based on distinct morphology and behavior.[4] A 2017 study reaffirmed it as being a distinct species.[5]

It was named after , a former curator of the Vertebrate Zoology department at the Charleston Museum.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). "Eurycea chamberlaini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59262A11894332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59262A11894332.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Eurycea chamberlaini". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  3. ^ "Eurycea chamberlaini Harrison and Guttman, 2003 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. ^ Harrison, Julian R.; Guttman, Sheldon I. (2003). "A New Species of Eurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from North and South Carolina". Southeastern Naturalist. 2 (2): 159–178. ISSN 1528-7092.
  5. ^ a b Wray, Kenneth P.; Means, D. Bruce; Steppan, Scott J. (December 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. ISSN 0733-1347.


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