Biology:Hillis's dwarf salamander
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Short description: Species of salamander
| Hillis's dwarf salamander | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Eurycea |
| Species: | E. hillisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Eurycea hillisi Wray, Means, and Steppan, 2017
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Hillis's dwarf salamander (Eurycea hillisi) is a species of salamander endemic to the southern United States .[2][1][3]
Taxonomy
It was previously thought to be a population of the southeastern dwarf salamander (E. quadridigitata) but a 2017 study found it to be a distinct species based on genetic evidence, and described it as E. hillisi. It is named in honor of American evolutionary biologist David Hillis. It is unlikely that any previous studies had analyzed populations of this species.[4]
Distribution
It is found throughout the southern half of Alabama outside of the Mobile Bay region, and ranges east into mid-central Georgia and south to the central Florida Panhandle.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.23.31885/Eurycea_hillisi.
- ↑ "Eurycea hillisi Wray, Means, and Steppan, 2017 | Amphibian Species of the World". https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Eurycea/Eurycea-hillisi.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "AmphibiaWeb - Eurycea hillisi". https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8645.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q47972422 entry
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