Eurycea quadridigitata
(Holbrook, 1842)
yoo-ree-SEE-uh — kwad-ree-dij-eh-taw-taw
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There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Four-fingered Manculus (Manculus quadridigitatus: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Florida Manculus (Manculus remifer: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Four-fingered Salamander (Manculus quadridigitatus: Beyer, George. 1900. Louisana herpetology. Proceedings of the Louisiana Society of Naturalists 1897-1899():24-46); Dwarf Salamander (Manculus quadridigitatus: Brimley, Clement S. 1915. List of reptiles and amphibians of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 30(4):195-206); Dwarf Salamander (Manculus quadridigitatus: Stejneger, Leonhard H. and Thomas Barbour. 1917. A Checklist of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. pp.); Dwarf Four-toed Salamander (Manculus quadridigitatus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata: Collins, Joseph T. and Travis W. Taggart. 2009. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians. 6th ed. The Center for North American Herpetology, Lawrence, Kansas. 44pp.); Southeastern Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata: Wray, K. P., D. B. Means, and S. J. Steppan. 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);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1842
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Holbrook, John E. North American Herpetology; or Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States. Second Edition. Volume 5. J. Dobson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 118pp.
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1967
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Mittleman, M. Budd. Manculus and M. quadridigitatus Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (44):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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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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2012
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Lamb, Trip and David A. Beamer. Digits lost or gained? Evidence for pedal evolution in
the Dwarf Salamander Complex (Eurycea,
Plethodontidae). PLoS One 7(5):1-9
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2017
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Wray, K. P., D. B. Means, and S. J. Steppan. 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
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