Tennessee Cave Salamander
Gyrinophilus palleucus
McCrady, 1954
jer-in-OFF-eh-lus — pal-LEW-kus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Tennessee Cave Salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus: 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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1954
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McCrady, Edward. A new species of Gyrinophilus (Plethodontidae) from Tennessee caves. Copeia 1954:200-206
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1961
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Blair, Albert P. Metamorphosis of Pseudotriton palleucus with iodine. Copeia 1961:499
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1966
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Brandon, Ronald A. Systematics of the salamander genus Gyrinophilus. Illinois Biological Monographs (35):1-86
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1967
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Brandon, Ronald A. Gyrinophilus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (31):1-2
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1967
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Brandon, Ronald A. Gyrinophilus palleucus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (32):1-2
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1971
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Brandon, Ronald A. North American troglobitic salamanders: Some aspects of modification in cave habitats, with special reference to Gyrinophilus palleucus. Bulletin of the National Speleological Society 33(1):1-21
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1976
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Simmons, Douglas. A naturally metamorphosed Gyrinophilus palleucus (Amphibia, Urodela, Plethodontidae). Journal of Herpetology 10(3):255-257
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1991
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Collins, Joseph T. Viewpoint: A new taxonomic arrangement for some North American amphibins and reptiles Herpetological Review 22(2):42-43
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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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2008
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Niemiller, Matthew L., B. M. Fitzpatrick, and Brian T. Miller. Recent divergence with gene flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus) inferred from gene genealogies. Molecular Ecology 17:2258–2275
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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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Miller, Brian T. and Niemiller, Matthew L. Gyrinophilus palleucus Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (884):1-7
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2014
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Crother, Brian I. The bold taxonomic hypotheses of Collins (1991): 23 years later. Herpetological Review 45(2):268-272
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