Western Grotto Salamander
Eurycea spelaea
(Stejneger, 1892)
yoo-ree-SEE-uh — spuh-LEE-uh
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
The Standard English name "Western Grotto Salamander" was used by Raeffeli (2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World. Plumelec, France).
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Blind Salamander (Typhlotriton spelaeus: Hurter, Julius. 1911. Herpetology of Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis 20(5):59-274); Veil-eyed Salamander (Typhlotriton spelaeus: Hurter, Julius. 1911. Herpetology of Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis 20(5):59-274); Ozarks Blind Salamander (Typhlotriton spelaeus: Smith, Hobart M. 1934. The Amphibians of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 15(4):377-527); Spring Grotto Salamander (Typhlotriton nereus: 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); Grotto Salamander (Typhlotriton spelaeus: 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); Western Grotto Salamander (Eurycea spelaea: Raffaelli, J. 2022. Salamanders & Newts of the World. Plumelec, France: Penclen Édition.. pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1892
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Stejneger, Leonhard H. Preliminary description of a new genus and species of blind cave salamander from North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 15:115–117
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1939
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Blair, Albert P. Records of the salamander Typhlotriton. Copeia 1939(2):108-109
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1950
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Mittleman, M. Budd. Cavern dwelling salamanders of the Ozark Plateau. Bulletin of the National Speleological Society 12:12-15
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1965
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Brandon, Ronald A. Typhlotriton, T. nereus, T. spealaeus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (20):1-2
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1966
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Brandon, Ronald A. A reevaluation of the status of the salamander, Typhlotriton nereus Bishop. Copeia 1966(3):555-561
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1970
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Brandon, Ronald A. Typhlotriton, T. spelaeus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (84):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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2004
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Bonett, Ronald M. and Paul T. Chippindale. Speciation, phylogeography and evolution of life history and morphology in plethodontid salamanders of the Eurycea multiplicata complex. Molecular Ecology 13(5):1189-1203
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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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2017
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Phillips, John G., Dante B. Fenolio, Sarah L. Emel, and Ronald M. Bonett. Hydrologic and geologic history of the Ozark Plateau drive phylogenomic patterns in a cave-obligate salamander. Journal of Biogeography 44:2463–2474
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2022
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Raffaelli, J. Salamanders & Newts of the World. Plumelec, France: Penclen Édition.. pp.
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