Biology:Chamberlain's dwarf salamander

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Chamberlain's dwarf salamander
Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander imported from iNaturalist photo 118496540 on 21 December 2021.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species:
E. chamberlaini
Binomial name
Eurycea chamberlaini
Harrison & Guttman, 2003

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]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q1594622 entry