Eurycea subfluvicola

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Eurycea subfluvicola
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Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species:
E. subfluvicola
Binomial name
Eurycea subfluvicola
Bonett, 2014 [3]

Eurycea subfluvicola, commonly known as the Ouachita streambed salamander, [3] is a species of salamanders found within the Slunger creek valley in Lake Catherine State Park, Arkansas. [4] The species is paedomorphic. [3] The species' scientific name derives from "sub" (below), "fluvius" (stream), and "colo" (to dwell). [3]

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Eurycea subfluvicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023: e.T78918853A119001171. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T78918853A119001171.en .
  2. NatureServe. "Eurycea subfluvicola". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Steffen, Michael A.; Irwin, Kelly J.; Blair, Andrea L.; Bonett, Ronald M. (2014-03-26). "Larval masquerade: a new species of paedomorphic salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Eurycea ) from the Ouachita Mountains of North America | STEFFEN | Zootaxa". Zootaxa. 3786 (4): 423–42. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.4.2 . PMID   24869544.
  4. "Univ. of Tulsa researchers find new species of salamander". THV11.com. April 15, 2014.