Eurycea waterlooensis
Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox, and Chippindale, 2001
yoo-ree-SEE-uh — waw-ter-loo-EN-sis
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas
Etymology:
Named for the Waterloo region (Austin, Texas).
Eurycea — Greek eurys = “broad” + possibly kephale = “head” (implied, though not explicit); May refer to broad-headed morphology in type species.
waterlooensis — Latinized toponym from Waterloo, the original name for Austin, Texas.
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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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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2001
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Hillis, David M., Dee Ann Chamberlain, Thomas P. Wilcox, and Paul T. Chippindale. A new species of subterranean blind salamander (Plethodontidae: Hemidactyliini: Eurycea: Typhlomolge) from Austin, Texas, and a systematic revision of central Texas paedomorphic salamanders. Herpetologica 57(3):266-280
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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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