Chamberlain's dwarf salamander
Chamberlain's dwarf salamander (Eurycea chamberlaini) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes.[2][3]
| Chamberlain's dwarf salamander | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Eurycea |
| Species: | E. chamberlaini |
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| Eurycea chamberlaini Harrison & Guttman, 2003 | |
It is only found in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. It was previously thought to be a color morph of the southeastern dwarf salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata), but was described in 2003 as a distinct species based on distinct morphology and behavior.[4] A 2017 study reaffirmed it as being a distinct species.[5]
It was named after Edward Burnham Chamberlain, a former curator of the Vertebrate Zoology department at the Charleston Museum.[5]
References
- Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). "Eurycea chamberlaini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59262A11894332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59262A11894332.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "AmphibiaWeb - Eurycea chamberlaini". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- "Eurycea chamberlaini Harrison and Guttman, 2003 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- Harrison, Julian R.; Guttman, Sheldon I. (2003). "A New Species of Eurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from North and South Carolina". Southeastern Naturalist. 2 (2): 159–178. ISSN 1528-7092.
- Wray, Kenneth P.; Means, D. Bruce; Steppan, Scott J. (December 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. doi:10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00011. ISSN 0733-1347.
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