Biology:Chamberlain's dwarf salamander
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Short description: Species of amphibian
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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Binomial name | |
Eurycea chamberlaini Harrison & Guttman, 2003
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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
- ↑ Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). "Eurycea chamberlaini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59262A11894332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59262A11894332.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59262/11894332. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ "AmphibiaWeb - Eurycea chamberlaini". https://amphibiaweb.org/species/6236.
- ↑ "Eurycea chamberlaini Harrison and Guttman, 2003 | Amphibian Species of the World". https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Eurycea/Eurycea-chamberlaini.
- ↑ 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. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3878136.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. https://bioone.org/journals/herpetological-monographs/volume-31/issue-1/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00011/Revision-of-the-Eurycea-quadridigitata-Holbrook-1842-Complex-of-Dwarf/10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00011.full.
Wikidata ☰ Q1594622 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamberlain's dwarf salamander.
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