Cascade Caverns Salamander
Eurycea latitans
Smith and Potter, 1946
yoo-ree-SEE-uh — lat-EH-tanz
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Devitt et al. (2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116: 2624–2633) placed E. tridentifera in the synonymy of E. latitans based on phylogenetic and clustering analysis of genome-scale data and population-level sampling from the type locality of both taxa.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas
First instance(s) of published English names:
Cascade Cavern Neotenic Salamander (Eurycea neotenes latitans: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Cascade Cavern Salamander (Eurycea neotenes latitans: Conant, Roger, Fred R. Cagle, Coleman J. Goin, Charles H. Lowe, Wilfred T. Neill, M. Graham Netting, Karl P. Schmidt, Charles E. Shaw, Robert C. Stebbins, and Charles M. Bogert. 1956. Common names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Copeia 1956(3):172-185);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1946
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Smith, Hobart M. and Jr. F. E. Potter. A third neotenic salamander of the genus Eurycea from Texas. Herpetologica 3:105-109
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1967
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Brown, Bryce C. Eurycea latitans. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (34):1-2
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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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2003
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Wiens, John J., Paul T. Chippindale and David M. Hillis. When are phylogenetic analyses misled by convergence? A case study in Texas cave salamanders. Systematic Biology 52(4):501-514
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2009
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Lucas, Lauren K., Zachariah Gompert, James R. Ott, and Chris C. Nice. Geographic and genetic isolation in spring-associated Eurycea salamanders endemic to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas. Conservation Genetics 10:1309-1319
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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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2019
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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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